VALENZUELA v. ESPY

No. CIV 93-456-TUC-RMB.

860 F.Supp. 1421 (1993)

Sonya VALENZUELA, individually and on behalf of her minor children and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Michael ESPY, as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture and Charles Cowan as Director of the Department of Economic Security, State of Arizona, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Morris and Anne F. Ward, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., Tucson, AZ, for plaintiffs.

Patricia Arzuaga, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, and Robert S. Segelbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, AZ, for defendants.


ORDER

BILBY, District Judge.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Plaintiff was denied food stamp eligibility because she was a co-owner of a 1993 Dodge Caravan van which had a purchase price was $17,991.60, a Kelly Blue Book value of $14,000 and a bank lien of $18,000. Plaintiff alleges that her vehicle should be considered an "inaccessible resource" under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(g)(5) since the lien more than the vehicle's fair market value. Defendant Espy...

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