United States DC Circuit

A medical marijuana "public policy professional" and a marijuana lifestyle magazine did not have standing, without an injury in fact, to seek review of a DEA decision denying their petition to initiate rulemaking proceedings to reschedule marijuana as a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. section 811(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/19/2002
• Decided 05/24/2002
• Published 05/24/2002

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, HENDERSON and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Kennedy argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel Dormont, Senior Attorney, Drug Enforcement Administration, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the briefs were Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, and Rose A. Briceno, Trial Attorney.