http://www.safeaccessnow.org/ Americans for Safe Access ensures safe access and legal access to medical cannabis (medical marijuana) for therapeutic uses and research. http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=2132 Wed, 18 Aug 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=2132 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1330 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Mon, 09 Aug 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1330 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1329 <div class="text blurb">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!</div> Fri, 06 Aug 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1329 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1326 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Fri, 06 Aug 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1326 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1257 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Tue, 13 Jul 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1257 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1256 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Tue, 13 Jul 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1256 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1232 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Mon, 12 Jul 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1232 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1255 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 17 Jun 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1255 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1119 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 17 Jun 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1119 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1209 <div class="text blurb">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. </div> Wed, 16 Jun 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1209 http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/media.nsf/media%20Search?OpenForm&Seq=1 <div class="text blurb">The appeal of Bryan James Epis’ federal conviction for growing medical marijuana made clear that the legal landscape has changed. Click <a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/media.nsf/media%20Search?OpenForm&Seq=1">here</a> to listen to an audio file of Bryan's appeal hearing (type in case number 02-10523).</div> Wed, 16 Jun 2004 http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/media.nsf/media%20Search?OpenForm&Seq=1 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1003 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Mon, 26 Apr 2004 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1003 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=730 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 02 Oct 2003 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=730 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=695 <div class="text blurb">Download the legal arguments for Brian Epis' Appeal to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals</div> http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=695 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=132 http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=132