U.S. v. LAFLEY

No. 10-30132.

656 F.3d 936 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Wade LAFLEY, a/k/a Wade Lafley, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rhodes , Assistant Federal Defender, and Briana Schwandt , Legal Intern, Federal Defenders of Montana, Missoula, MT, for the defendant-appellant.

Leif Johnson and Timothy J. Racicot , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and C. Casey Forbes , Law Intern., Missoula, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: D.W. NELSON, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether a convicted methamphetamine dealer is entitled, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb-2000bb-4, to use marijuana during his period of supervised release. In the circumstances presented by this case, the district court declined to suspend the mandatory supervised release condition prohibiting such use. We affirm.

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