Case Name: Ezell ANDERSON, Jr., DBA Mom's Choice Meats, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-13
Citations: 711 F. App'x 415
Docket Number: No. 17-15403
Parties: Ezell ANDERSON, Jr., DBA Mom’s Choice Meats, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT, TROTT, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 711
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
Ezell ANDERSON, Jr., DBA Mom’s Choice Meats, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 17-15403
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 16, 2018
Filed February 13, 2018
Ezell Anderson, Jr., Pro Se
Alyson Anne Berg, Attorney, DOJ-USAO, Fresno, CA, Edward Alan Olsen, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, US-SAC — Office of the US Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees
Before: REINHARDT, TROTT, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ezell Anderson, Jr. appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his action seeking judicial review under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (the "Act") of the United States Food and Nutrition Service's permanent disqualification of Mom's Choice Meats from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. Thompson, 363 F.3d 1013, 1019 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Anderson failed to establish a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether personnel of Mom's Choice Meats trafficked in SNAP benefits. See 7 C.F.R. § 271.2 (defining "trafficking" under the Act as including "buying or selling" SNAP benefits "for cash or consideration other than eligible food"), § 278.6(e)(l)(i) (providing that a firm shall be disqualified permanently if "[personnel of the firm have trafficked" in SNAP benefits); Kim v. United States, 121 F.3d 1269, 1273 (9th Cir. 1997) (holding that under the Act "even innocent owners" may be disqualified permanently for trafficking violations).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Anderson's motion for recusal because Anderson failed to establish any basis for recusal. See United States v. Johnson, 610 F.3d 1138, 1147-48 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting forth standard of review and discussing grounds for recusal).
We reject as without merit Anderson's contentions regarding his former counsel's allegedly improper conduct and the mailing of the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations to Anderson's former counsel.
We do not consider arguments and allegations' raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009); Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999).
Anderson's requests to remand this action for an award of attorney's fees, sanctions, or an investigative hearing, set forth in the opening brief, are denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.