NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 16a0468n.06
No. 15-2291
FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Aug 12, 2016
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk
ASF3, INC., dba Easy Shop Party Store, )
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Plaintiff-Appellant, )
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v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE
) UNITED STATES DISTRICT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN
) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
Defendant-Appellee. )
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BEFORE: SILER, BATCHELDER, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-appellant ASF3, Inc., d/b/a Easy
Shop Party Store (Easy Shop), appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to
the government regarding the decision of the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) to permanently disqualify Easy Shop from participation in the federal
food stamp program. The FNS determined that Abdullah Farah, the owner and sole shareholder
of Easy Shop, provided false information on his application for Easy Shop to participate in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Specifically, the FNS found that Farah
failed to disclose, in response to specific questions on the SNAP application that sought such
information, that his mother, Nadira Kharoubeh, who had previously been permanently
disqualified from participation in the program for trafficking in food stamps, was financially
and/or operationally involved in Easy Shop.
No. 15-2291, ASF3, Inc. v. United States
After carefully reviewing the record, the applicable law, and the parties’ briefs, we find
that the district court’s opinion correctly sets out the facts and the governing law. Because this
court’s issuance of a full opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose and would be
duplicative, we affirm on the basis of the district court’s well-reasoned opinion of September 29,
2015.
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