04/27/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2026
Administrative Law Judge Lifts OMMA Summary Suspension Against Cedric Gardens
Oklahoma Grower Returns to Operation
After Unlawful Emergency Summary Suspension by OMMA
TULSA, Okla. — An Administrative Law Judge for the Oklahoma Medical Ma*****na Authority (OMMA) today lifted the Emergency Order of Summary Suspension issued against Cedric Gardens, Inc., d/b/a Black Cat Farms, a licensed commercial grower in Oklahoma. The ruling, entered in OMMA Case No. OMMA-2026-122, restores the license and ends a shutdown that had halted operations at one of Oklahoma’s largest outdoor cannabis farms since late February.
OMMA issued the emergency order on February 24, 2026, alleging that 348 totes and bags containing approximately 1,923 pounds of flower and 5,742 pounds of shake/trim were “untagged” and “unreconcilable” with the State’s inventory tracking system. Cedric Gardens’ Metrc records told a different story: 852 active, tagged packages — covering every strain and category of product OMMA had observed on the premises — all entered into the State inventory tracking system, with weights, strain identifications, batch numbers, and locations documented before the agency ever arrived.
The defense established that Cedric Gardens’ practices complied with OMMA’s own Rules and their business processes did not pose a public safety risk.
OMMA’s own agents conceded at the hearing that they could not identify any public health or safety event caused by the inventory practices and had not cross-referenced the product against Metrc before the embargo was issued.
“We proved that there was no public safety threat, and that Cedric Gardens’ business practices were approved by OMMA every year without ever citing or disciplining the business,” said Dana L. Kurtz of Wirth Law Office, who represents Cedric Gardens. “We also established that all of the product was completely reconcilable in Metrc, which OMMA did not even bother to check before suspending the license without any evidence.”
