Judge Looks for Legal 'Hook' in Medical-Marijuana Case 7/9/2003 Email Print Subscribe U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose, Calif., has asked medical-marijuana advocates to help him find a legal "hook" to prevent federal drug agents from raiding a Santa Cruz medical-marijuana cooperative, the San Francisco Chronicle reported July 8.
"Frankly, I'm looking for a hook that's very different from the one I've looked at and been forced to reject," said Fogel. "I would need something new and different other than someone saying: 'Judge, you got it wrong last time.'"
Fogel made his request in a case brought by local government officials and medical-marijuana advocates that seeks an injunction to stop the raids at Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM).
In September, federal agents seized the cooperative's 2002 marijuana crop. In December, Fogel refused a request by WAMM to force the government to return the seized plants. Fogel said that federal law, which classifies marijuana as an illegal drug, supersedes the state's medical-marijuana law.