Mendez v. State, Department of Social Services

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Appellant Vincent Mendez appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS). 1 The judgment was entered upon Mendez’s request for review of a DHS decision requiring him to pay $468 to DHS, representing an overissuance of food stamps by DHS to Mendez. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

The following facts are undisputed. In April 1987, Mendez applied for food stamp assistance. He provided all the required application information to DHS, which administers the food stamp program in Utah. A DHS caseworker failed to take all of the application…