Noah David, P.A.; Decision and Order

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. 20-17] On March 9, 2020, a former Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, of the Drug Enforcement Administration (hereinafter, DEA or Government), issued an Order to Show Cause (hereinafter, OSC) to Noah David, P.A. (hereinafter, Respondent) of Richmond, Virginia. Administrative Law Judge Exhibit (hereinafter, ALJX) 1 (OSC), at 1. The OSC proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificate of Registration No. MD3130717 (hereinafter, COR or registration) and the denial of “any pending application for renewal or modification of such registration and any applications for any other DEA registrations, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(4) , because [Respondent's] registration is inconsistent with the public interest, as that term is defined in 21 U.S.C. 823(f) .” Id. On April 7, 2020, the Respondent timely requested a hearing, which commenced (and ended) on September 22, 2020, at the DEA Hearing Facility in Arlington, Virginia with the parties, counsel, and witnesses participating via video teleconference (VTC). On December 8, 2020, Chief Administrative Law Judge John J. Mulrooney, II (hereinafter, the Chief ALJ) issued his Recommended Rulings, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision of the Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter, Recommended Decision or RD). By letter dated January 5, 2021, the ALJ certified and transmitted the record to me for final Agency action. In that letter, the…