Seban v. Block

MEMORANDUM ENTRY

NOLAND, Chief Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION

This cause is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment and on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. The plaintiffs, Seban and Yockey, are beneficiaries of both the Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq. and the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Act (“LIHEAA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 8621 et seq. Block and Van Vleet (“the federal defendants”), and Blinzinger and Green (“the state defendants”) are in charge of administering the food stamp program in Indiana.

In this action the plaintiffs are challenging the defendants’ policy of…