Judge Walker - Administrative Law Report

ELECTION 2024: Candidate for Atlanta Judicial Circuit disqualified

Elections

April 5, 2024

Tiffani Johnson, a candidate for a superior court judgeship in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, had been scheduled to appear before an OSAH Judge to answer a challenge to her qualifications—specifically,... Read More

ELECTION 2024: Candidate for Senate District 44 prevails in qualifications challenge related to taxes

Elections

April 4, 2024

This case involved a challenge to the candidacy of Nadine Thomas for the District 44 seat in the Georgia Senate. The Court concluded Ms. Thomas was qualified to be a... Read More

Full-time student meets 80-hour “qualifying activities” requirement for Pathways Medicaid program

Medicaid Eligibility

February 15, 2024

A student had her application for the Medicaid Pathways program denied for failing to have 80 hours of “qualifying activities” a month. The student appealed, arguing that the rigor and... Read More

License suspension reinstated after driver fails to plead guilty to DUI, per settlement agreement

December 1, 2023

In this case, a driver arrested for DUI initially avoided an administrative suspension of his license by signing an agreement with the arresting officer. The officer had consented to withdraw... Read More

Court of Appeals reverses decision on environmental permit, remands case for evidentiary hearing

Environmental Law

October 12, 2023

This case involved a challenge to a decision by the Environmental Protection Division (“EPD”) to issue a permit to the City of Columbus for its Combined Sewer System. The Administrative... Read More

DFCS must provide reasonable accommodations to disabled food-stamp recipient

Public Assistance

August 30, 2023

In this case, the termination of a food-stamp recipient’s benefits stemmed from his failure to verify requested information on his renewal application. However, this failure was due to the recipient’s... Read More