Lundy v. Iowa Department of Human Services

This appeal involves a challenge to agency rulemaking procedures. The federal government made funds available to states to administer a work registration and job search program for food stamp recipients. Petitioner Dan Lundy, an Iowa food stamp recipient, filed a petition for judicial review for himself and as a purported class action alleging that respondent Iowa Department of Human Services violated rulemaking requirements of the Iowa Administrative Procedures Act (IAPA) in entering and implementing a work registration and job search program in Iowa. The department filed a motion to dismiss…