[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2577-2578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01528]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. 2018-43]


Kurt L. Pflieger, M.D.; Order Dismissing Order To Show Cause

    On July 12, 2018, the Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control 
Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (hereinafter, DEA or 
Government), issued an Order to Show Cause to Kurt L. Pflieger, M.D. 
(hereinafter, Respondent), of Rockwall, Texas. Order to Show Cause 
(hereinafter, OSC), at 1. The OSC proposes the revocation of 
Respondent's Certificate of Registration on the ground that he does not 
have authority to handle controlled substances in the State of Texas, 
the State in which he is registered with the DEA. Id.
    After the Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter, ALJ) certified and 
transmitted the record to me along with his Recommended Decision, the 
Government submitted a ``Motion to Dismiss Order to Show Cause'' 
(hereinafter, Motion). According to the Motion, the Texas Medical Board 
held

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a hearing after the ALJ granted the Government's Motion for Summary 
Disposition and recommended revocation of Respondent's registration. 
Motion, at 1. The Motion also states that, as a result of the hearing, 
the Texas Medical Board suspended Respondent's medical license, ordered 
that the suspension be stayed, and placed Respondent on five years' 
probation under various terms and conditions. Id.
    The Motion concludes by stating that, ``Since . . . [Respondent] 
now has state authority to handle controlled substances, the DEA 
respectfully request[s] the Administrator to dismiss the pending Order 
to Show Cause and recommended ruling from the Administrative Law 
Judge.'' Id. at 2. Accordingly, I shall dismiss the Order to Show 
Cause.

Order

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 0.100(b) and the authority thus vested in me by 
21 U.S.C. 823(f) and 824(a), I order that the Order to Show Cause 
issued to Kurt L. Pflieger, M.D. be, and it hereby is, dismissed. This 
Order is effective March 11, 2019.

    Dated: January 17, 2019.
Uttam Dhillon,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-01528 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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