[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34522-34523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11370]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. 18-31]


Morris & Dickson Co., LLC; Order

    On May 19, 2023, I issued and served on the parties a Decision and 
Order (the Decision and Order) revoking, effective 30 days from the 
date of publication in the Federal Register, Certificate of 
Registration Nos. RM0314790 and RM0335732 issued to Morris & Dickson, 
Co., LLC (Respondent). By motion dated May 20, 2023, Respondent 
requested a stay of the Decision and Order. On May 21, I issued an 
order soliciting additional information from Respondent and asking the 
Government to respond to Respondent's Motion for Stay. On May 22, both 
parties responded. Respondent clarified that it was requesting a stay 
of at least 90-to-120 days so that it can renew settlement negotiations 
with the Government. Respondent's May 22, 2023 Letter re Motion for 
Stay, at 1. Respondent also stated that a stay was necessary to 
mitigate the impact on its ``customers, employees, and other 
stakeholders,'' including pharmacies, hospitals, and patients. Id. at 
4-5. The Government indicated that it opposed any stay request, but 
stated that it was ``open to settlement offers'' and suggested it was 
willing to engage in settlement negotiations with Respondent. 
Government's Opposition to Motion to Stay, at 3.
    Upon consideration of the entire record before me, the public 
interest--in particular, the potential need for Respondent's customers 
and their patients to find new suppliers given the revocation of 
Respondent's registrations--and the possibility for renewed settlement 
negotiations, I hereby order that the May 19, 2023 Decision and Order 
will be effective on August 28, 2023--ninety days from the date of the 
Decision and Order's publication in the Federal Register. This change 
is reflected in the published Decision and Order.
    It is so ordered.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Drug Enforcement Administration was signed on 
May 23, 2023, by Administrator Anne Milgram. That document with the 
original signature and date is maintained by DEA. For administrative 
purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the 
Federal Register, the undersigned DEA Federal Register Liaison Officer 
has been authorized to sign and submit the

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document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of DEA. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect 
of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

Scott Brinks,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-11370 Filed 5-26-23; 8:45 am]
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