Smith v. United States

OPINION

DAWKINS, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, T. L. Smith, d/b/a T. L. Smith’s Store, Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, was authorized to redeem food stamps issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act, Public Law 88-525, Section 2, August 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.

By letter dated November 15, 1973, Larry Rose, Food Stamp Review Officer, advised Smith that a pending one year period of disqualification of the Smith store from participation in the food stamp program had been sustained and that the period of disqualification would begin to run fifteen days after receipt of…