Pubdate: Thu, 11 Nov 2010
Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)
Copyright: 2010 Battle Creek Enquirer
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1359
Cited: American Civil Liberties Union Criminal Law Reform Project 
http://www.aclu.org/drug-law-reform/marijuana-law-reform
Cited: ACLU of Michigan http://www.aclumich.org/courts/legal-dockets#Drug_Law
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Joseph+Casias

JUDGE TO HEAR MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE AGAINST WAL-MART

A Battle Creek man who was fired a year ago for using medical 
marijuana is countering Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s attempt to move his 
lawsuit to federal court.

A federal judge on Friday will hear arguments in the lawsuit on 
behalf of Joseph Casias, a 30-year-old cancer patient who lost his 
job after a routine drug screen found he had used marijuana. Casias 
was registered in Michigan to use it to treat pain.

Casias' attorneys will ask the court to deny a motion filed by 
Wal-Mart seeking dismissal of the case and reject the company's 
attempts to have the case tried in federal court instead of state 
court. The case was originally filed in Calhoun County Circuit Court in June.

Scott Michelman of the American Civil Liberties Union Criminal Law 
Reform Project, St. Joseph attorney Daniel Grow and Kary Moss, 
Michael Steinberg, Dan Korobkin of the ACLU of Michigan are 
representing Casias. 
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