remains before the statute of limitations may be asserted as a defense.” 19 C.F.R. § 162.78(a). For penalty notices, Customs’ regulations provide that where “fewer than 180 days remain from the date of the penalty notice before the statute of limitations may be asserted as a defense,” Customs may shorten the time period allowed for response to a penalty notice. 19 C.F.R. § 171.12(e). In no event, however, may a party be given less than seven days in which to respond to either a pre-penalty or penalty notice. 19 C.F.R. §§ 162.78(a), 171.12(e). Both sides agree that Customs was entitled to limit MSI to a shortened response period. Furthermore, the seven day response time has been approved by this Court in other cases. See United States v. Ziegler Bolt and Parts Co., 19 CIT 13, 21 (1995) (<HOLDING>). Although MSI was given seven days, it was
holding defendant was afforded substantive and procedural due process at the administrative level when he was given seven days to respond to a prepenalty notice for negligence recognizing  1983 substantive due process claim holding that where appellant was put on notice of disciplinary charges against him and was afforded opportunity to respond to boards recommendation demands of due process were satisfied holding that an opportunity for trial de novo affords defendants all due process to which they are entitled no constitutional mandate that defendant have notice and opportunity to respond at administrative level if all available defenses may be presented to a competent tribunal before exaction of the obligation holding that a mother in a child protection proceeding was afforded due process when she had notice of a hearing was represented by counsel and was given the opportunity to rebut evidence