Pubdate: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 Source: National Post (Canada) Copyright: 2006 Southam Inc. Contact: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 Author: Keith Fraser, CanWest News Service ACTION: Please See http://www.kubby.org/ Related: Medical Marijuana Refugee Running Out of Time, Options http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/417/stevekubby.shtml Related: Steve Kubby Is the Only One In This Story Who Has NOT Broken The Law, But He Faces the Death Penalty. http://marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=874 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm (Kubby, Steve) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) CANCER VICTIM, WIFE MAKE LAST-DITCH BID TO AVOID DEPORTATION VANCOUVER (CanWest News Service) - Michele Kubby made a last-ditch appeal yesterday to stay in Canada. She and her husband, Steve Kubby, medical marijuana advocates from California, are facing deportation after exhausting all previous avenues of appeal. Mrs. Kubby appeared in Federal Court yesterday to argue on behalf of her husband, who she said was too ill to attend court. Mrs. Kubby said they deserve a stay on their immigration removal order because her husband, who suffers from a rare form of cancer and has a medical certificate to use marijuana for treatment, faces possible death in jail if returned to the United States. It is an argument they have made previously in immigration and court hearings to no avail. Keith Reimer, a lawyer for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, told Federal Court Judge Yvon Pinard there was nothing new in Mrs. Kubby's arguments. Steve Kubby came to Canada in 2001 after drug charges were laid against him. He was later convicted in California for possession of mescaline and psilocin. In 2002, immigration authorities issued the removal order on criminality grounds against Mr. Kubby, who filed a refugee claim that failed. A pre-removal risk assessment recently conducted found there was no risk to Mr. Kubby if he was returned to the United States. Judge Pinard told Mrs. Kubby he may not be able to issue a ruling before Jan. 12 -- the day set for the family's removal, but that authorities would not act until his judgment is released. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom