Legal Opinion
Robert C. Clifton v. Michael T. Schafer, Individually and in His Official Capacity
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1992No. 91-1693PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Robert Clifton, a benefits recipient of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 over a temporary deprivation of $558 in welfare benefits, benefits that were restored a little more than two months after they were taken away. On December 21,1989, Judith Andrews, an employee of the Lafayette, Wisconsin County Department of Human Services (the “county”), prepared and sent a letter to Clifton telling him that he was to receive a three-month reduction in AFDC benefits as a sanction for failing to comply with a work program requirement.…
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