Bey v. Gee

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Bey v. Gee

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Found an interesting "Right to Travel" case out of Florida with a Moorish twist.

https://casetext.com/case/bey-v-gee
The plaintiffs claim the status of "Aboriginal/Indigenous Natural Beings" and claim "Moorish American" nationality. Invoking a "Constitutional Right to Travel," the plaintiffs notified Mayor Buckhorn and Sheriff Gee that vehicles displaying "Aboriginal/Indigenous Moorish American tags" must be placed on the "Do Not Stop - Do Not Detain List." Nonetheless, on March 3, 2015, Bey was stopped while driving a truck with Moorish-American tags.
Hiles interrogated Bey "about not having plates and questioned [him] about a driver's license." (Doc. 36 at ¶¶ 15-17) Bey explained "that he did not need a driver's license because he had a right to travel." (Doc. 36 at ¶ 17) "As a courtesy," Bey produced his "Aboriginal/Indigenous Moorish/American Nationality Identification."
At the time of the traffic stop, Bey was driving a truck with "Aboriginal/Indigenous Moorish American tags." (Doc. 36 at ¶ 14) Therefore, Hiles possessed probable cause to believe that Bey violated Section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes, which requires both that a vehicle "display the license plate . . . assigned to it by the state" and that "[n]o license plates other than those furnished by the state shall be used." See United States v. Boyd, 388 Fed. Appx. 943, 947
Also, although an individual enjoys a fundamental right to engage in interstate travel, Doe v. Moore, 410 F.3d 1337, 1348 (11th Cir. 2005), no fundamental "right to drive" without a license or a tag exists. Miller v. Reed, 176 F.3d 1202, 1205-06 (9th Cir. 1999); accord Matthew v. Honish, 233 Fed. Appx. 563, 564 (7th Cir. 2007).