O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal v. Ashcroft

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This matter is before the en banc court to review issues emanating from the panel opinion in O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal v. Ashcroft, 342 F.3d 1170 (10th Cir.2003). The panel affirmed a preliminary injunction, granted under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), which enjoined the United States from relying on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances (“Convention”) to prohibit the sac*975ramental use of hoasca by Uniao do Vege-tal and its members (collectively “UDV”). This court granted rehearing to review the…