Berger v. United States

OPINION

DAY, District Judge.

This is a civil action wherein the plaintiff, the owner and operator of a retail food store in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, seeks judicial review of an adjudication by the United States Department of Agriculture suspending his store’s participation in said Department’s Food Stamp Program for a period of six months. Specifically, the plaintiff’s retail enterprise was temporarily disqualified from participation in said food stamp program because the plaintiff allegedly accepted food stamps as payment for certain “ineligible” retail products.

The plaintiff’s cause of action…