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DION v. COM'R, MAINE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

Civ. No. 89-0143-P.

743 F.Supp. 80 (1990)

Patricia DION, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Clayton Yeutter, in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

July 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary T. Henderson, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Augusta, Me., for Patricia Dion.

Marine E. Thibeau, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Augusta, Me., for Maine Department of Human Services.

Kevin Meckus, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Div., Washington, D.C., for Department of Agriculture.

David R. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., for U.S. Dept. of HHS.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

GENE CARTER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff is a teenaged mother who resides in Maine and who has received public assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp programs. The Commissioner counted Plaintiff's part-time earnings from an after-school job when calculating her eligibility for Food Stamp and AFDC benefits. Plaintiff challenges the Commissioner's inclusion of her income, arguing that...

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