Sims v. United States Department of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Service

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

This proceeding, in essence, is a review of a three-year disqualification of James Sims, owner of Sims Enterprise, a retail food store, from participating in the Food Stamp Program established pursuant to the Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., for allegedly violating food stamp regulations — the acceptance of food stamps in payment for ineligible food items. After carefully scrutinizing the applicable facts and the law, the Court holds that the sanction of three years disqualification is unwarranted in law and without…