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Pubdate: Sat, 09 Nov 2013
Source: Times-Herald, The (Vallejo, CA)
Copyright: 2013 The Times-Herald
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Website: http://www.timesheraldonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/993
Author: Tony Burchyns
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE SUES VALLEJO
Vallejo's facing another lawsuit by a former medical marijuana
dispensary operator who claims the city violated his civil rights by
raiding his collective last year.
In a Solano Superior Court lawsuit, Greenwell, Inc. founder Matt
Shotwell alleges the city, Mayor Osby Davis and the Vallejo Police
Department violated his civil rights -- including his right to free
speech -- by targeting his dispensary for raid and closure in
retaliation for his outspoken advocacy for local taxation and
regulation of medical cannabis.
Greenwell was the first of at least six Vallejo dispensaries police
raided last year. Federal and state agencies also participated in
some raids. However, all of the cases fell apart because, lawyers
argued, the dispensaries were in compliance with state law.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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