Idias v. United States

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Saber A. Idias owns and operates a grocery store that was disqualified from the federal Food Stamp Program by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture. The FNS had detected a pattern of suspicious activity in Idias’s store, most importantly that Idias occasionally collected more in food stamp reimbursements than he reported in total sales. Idias was at a loss to explain these discrepancies to the…