OakmontScript Limited Partnership; 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. 21-03] On October 20, 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 OakmontScript Limited Partnership (hereinafter, Respondent). Administrative Law Judge Exhibit (hereinafter, ALJ Ex.) 1, (OSC) at 1. The OSC proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificates of Registration Nos. RO0504680 and RO0527082 (hereinafter, CORs or registrations) and the denial of any pending application to modify or renew the registrations and any applications for any other DEA registrations pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823 , 824 , 958 , and other federal laws, because Respondent's “registration[s are] inconsistent with the public interest,” as that term is defined in 21 U.S.C. 823(b) , (d), and (e); 824(a); and 958(c). Id. In response to the OSC, Respondent timely requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. ALJ Ex. 2. The hearing in this matter was conducted from March 8-12, 2021, at the DEA Hearing Facility in Arlington, Virginia, with the parties and their witnesses participating through video-teleconference.* [ A ] On June 11, 2021, Administrative Law Judge Paul E. Soeffing (hereinafter, ALJ) issued his Recommended Rulings, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision (hereinafter, Recommended Decision or RD). Neither party filed exceptions to the RD. Having …