
    2003 ME 3
    Rick E. LAVIGNE v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
    Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
    Argued: Dec. 10, 2002.
    Decided: Jan. 13, 2003.
    Sara Anne Meerse, Esq. (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Portland, for plaintiff.
    G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Jane Gregory, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, for Defendant.
    Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, and LEVY, JJ.
    
      
       Although not available at oral argument. Justice Dana participated in this opinion. See M.R.App. P. 12(a) (stating that a "qualified justice may participate in a decision even though not present at oral argument”).
    
   PER CURIAM.

Rick E. Lavigne appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pis-cataquis County, Mead. J.) affirming a decision of a Hearing Officer of the Department of Human Services declaring Lavigne ineligible to receive food stamps. Because the Court is evenly divided, we affirm the judgment.

The entry is:

Judgment affirmed.  