Case Name: Rick E. LAVIGNE v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 2003-01-13
Citations: 814 A.2d 467
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rick E. LAVIGNE v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Judges: Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 814
Pages: 467–467

Head Matter:
2003 ME 3
Rick E. LAVIGNE v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued: Dec. 10, 2002.
Decided: Jan. 13, 2003.
Sara Anne Meerse, Esq. (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Portland, for plaintiff.
G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Jane Gregory, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, for Defendant.
Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, and LEVY, JJ.
Although not available at oral argument. Justice Dana participated in this opinion. See M.R.App. P. 12(a) (stating that a "qualified justice may participate in a decision even though not present at oral argument”).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Rick E. Lavigne appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pis-cataquis County, Mead. J.) affirming a decision of a Hearing Officer of the Department of Human Services declaring Lavigne ineligible to receive food stamps. Because the Court is evenly divided, we affirm the judgment.
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.