Opinion ID: 28811
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Other Outrageous Conduct

Text: Appellants state that the government violated its own regulations by continuing to allow the Abdallah-owned and/or operated stores to continue participating in the food stamp program despite suspicions of fraud, in violation of federal regulations. According to appellants, this conduct is “so outrageous that due process principles . . . absolutely bar 4 the government from invoking judicial processes to obtain a conviction.” Russell, 411 U.S. at 431-32. Not only have appellants failed to identify the regulations they claim were violated, but there is no explanation as to why it was unfair, much less outrageous, that the government allowed the stores to continue their participation in the food stamp program. The proposition is not an intuitive one that we will accept without some explanation or authority. Furthermore, there is no explanation as to why the government’s failure to turn over information about its December 1996 suspicions of food stamp trafficking at the Abdallah stores until one week before trial was prejudicial, so as to constitute a separate Brady violation.