Michelle Valent v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Commissioner of Social Security imposed an assessment of $51,410 and a civil monetary penalty of $75,000 on petitioner Michelle Valent after the Social Security Administration found that Valent failed to disclose that she had engaged in paid work activity while receiving Social Security disability benefits. Valent argues that 42 U.S.C. § 421(m)(1)(B) prohibits the Administration from considering her work activity in determining whether she continues to be eligible as a disability-benefits recipient.

She therefore contends that her failure to disclose her…