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Bryan Epis
| Brian Epis released; medical marijuana bill vetoed; drug testing bill pending
by Karen O'Keefe, Marijuana Policy Project August 18th, 2004 |
| Bryan Epis is FREE! August 9th, 2004 Bryan James Epis, 37, the first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of California’s Proposition 215, walked out of federal prison in Long Beach at approximately 4:00pm today, thanks to an order this morning by an appeals court in San Francisco. |
| 9th Circuit orders district court to release Bryan Epis on bail by Brenda Grantland August 6th, 2004 Today the Ninth Circuit issued its third order this month in Bryan Epis' case, this time ordering the district court to release Bryan on bail pending appeal! |
| Federal court orders bail for Chico man in cannabis club case by Claire Cooper, Sacramento Bee August 6th, 2004 A federal judge in Sacramento was ordered Friday to release Bryan James Epis from prison while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the fate of state-sanctioned medical marijuana cooperatives that operate wholly within California. |
| Epis Appeal: First 'Blakely' Sighting at Circuit; More Expected by Jeff Chorney, The Recorder July 13th, 2004 The earthquake has hit the West Coast. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday ordered a district court to re-examine [Epis's] criminal sentence in light of Blakely v. Washington. |
| Chico man's pot case on hold by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle July 13th, 2004 The case of a Butte County man sentenced to 10 years in prison for growing marijuana that he said was for himself and other patients was put on hold by an appeals court Monday to await the U.S. Supreme Court's verdict on federal authority over locally grown medical marijuana. |
| Appeals Court Sends Chico Man’s Medical Marijuana Case Back to Judge July 12th, 2004 The first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of California’s Proposition 215 won a victory before an appeals court today. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today sent his case back to the District Court for reconsideration of his conviction and, at the least, re-sentencing. |
| U.S. appeals court reviews first medical pot conviction by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle June 17th, 2004 A federal appeals court that has slapped restraints on the government's campaign against medical marijuana grappled Wednesday with its first criminal case on the issue, a Chico man's conviction and 10-year sentence for growing pot for himself and other patients. |
| U.S. appeals court reviews first medical pot conviction by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle June 17th, 2004 A federal appeals court that has slapped restraints on the government's campaign against medical marijuana grappled Wednesday with its first criminal case on the issue, a Chico man's conviction and 10-year sentence for growing pot for himself and other patients. |
| Medical Marijuana Patient’s Federal Appeal Today June 16th, 2004 A Chico man will be before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco this morning, arguing that his 2002 conviction for conspiring to grow medical marijuana was not only unconstitutional but based on misconduct by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Sacramento. |
| Epis Appeal Shows Transformation in Federal Marijuana Law June 16th, 2004 The appeal of Bryan James Epis’ federal conviction for growing medical marijuana made clear that the legal landscape has changed. Click here to listen to an audio file of Bryan's appeal hearing (type in case number 02-10523). |
| Oral arguments in Epis appeal to begin June 14, 2004 April 26th, 2004 Oral arguments begin at 9:00am, before the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to overturn Bryan Epis's federal cultivation conviction. |
| Chicoan appeals federal conviction for growing marijuana by TERRY VAU DELL - Staff Writer, Chico Enterprise-Record October 2nd, 2003 SACRAMENTO - Self-proclaimed Chico medical marijuana grower Bryan Epis is appealing his federal cultivation conviction, asserting his jury was misled on the facts and the law. |
| Epis Appeal Brief Download the legal arguments for Brian Epis' Appeal to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Frequently Asked Questions: The Bryan Epis Trial |
| 10-year sentence in medical pot case by Denny Walsh -- Sacramento Bee Staff Writer October 8th, 2002 Bryan James Epis, the first person associated with a California medical marijuana dispensary to be tried in federal court for growing pot, was sentenced Monday in Sacramento to a mandatory 10 years in prison. |
| First Federal Medical Marijuana Conviction July 12th, 2002 |
| Judge Tosses Out Pot-Case Panel by Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee June 25th, 2002 He accuses a defendant of trying to sway would-be jurors with fliers. |