Legal Opinion
Affum v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 26, 2009No. 08-5189PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Food Stamp Act (“Act”) prohibits retail stores from “trafficking” in food stamp benefits, or exchanging these benefits for cash. See 7 U.S.C. § 2021(b)(3)(B). The penalty for a first-time trafficking offense is permanent disqualification from the food stamp program. However, under the Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (“Secretary”) has the discretion to impose a civil money penalty in lieu of disqualification when an offending store produces “substantial evidence” that it had an “effective policy and program” to prevent the trafficking violations. Id.…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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