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OLSEN v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

Nos. 86-1442, 86-5455.

878 F.2d 1458 (1989)

Carl Eric OLSEN, Petitioner, v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Respondent. Carl Eric OLSEN, Appellant, v. John LAWN, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Routh (appointed by the court) and William A. Bradford, Jr., Washington, D.C., (appointed by the court) were on the amicus curiae brief, on behalf of petitioner/appellant, urging remand. Carl Eric Olsen entered an appearance pro se.

Curtis E. Hall, Asst. U.S. Attorney, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for respondent/appellee. Mark E. Nagle, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondent/appellee.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN, and BUCKLEY, Circuit judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner in this case seeks a religious-use exemption from federal laws proscribing marijuana. We hold that the first amendment's free exercise of religion guarantee does not require the requested exemption, and that petitioner was not denied equal protection-establishment clause rights by the government...

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