Judy L. Henderson, D.V.M.; Grant of Restricted Registration

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration [Docket No. 98-16] On February 3, 1998, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), issued an Order to Show Cause to Judy L. Henderson, D.V.M. (Respondent) of Corinth, Mississippi, notifying her of an opportunity to show cause as to why DEA should not deny her application for registration as a practitioner pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823(f) , for reason that her registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. By letter dated March 3, 1998, Respondent requested a hearing on the issues raised by the Order to Show Cause. Following prehearing procedures, a hearing was held in Memphis, Tennessee on November 18, 1998, and April 20, 1999, before Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner. At the hearing, the Government called witnesses and introduced documentary evidence and Respondent testified on her own behalf. After the hearing both parties submitted proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and argument. On September 21, 1999, Judge Bittner issued her Opinion and Recommended Ruling, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision (Opinion), recommending that Respondent's application for registration be granted limited to four specific substances and subject to two conditions. Neither party filed exceptions to Judge Bittner's Opinion, and on October 25, 1999, Judge Bittner transmitted the record of these proceedings to the Deputy Administrator. The Depu…