DUNN v. SECRETARY OF U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 90-1544.

921 F.2d 365 (1990)

Eileen DUNN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Forrest, with whom John B. Koch, Stuart M. Gerson, Washington, D.C., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard S. Cohen, Portland, Me., U.S. Atty., William Kanter, and Ira C. Lupu, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Judson Esty-Kendall, with whom Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

The present appeal originates from a pair of administrative errors by the Maine Department of Human Services (MDHS) in issuing food stamps to the household of appellee Eileen Dunn. MDHS first erred in December 1987 by overissuing eighty-nine dollars worth of food stamps to the Dunn household. MDHS erred again by underissuing ten dollars worth of food stamps to the household in each of the next two months...

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