Komorn Law And Mmma File Class-Action Suit Against Msp And Oakland Sheriff

[Michael Komorn]

In the Federal Eastern District Court yesterday, Komorn Law and the MMMA filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all medical marijuana patients and their caregivers who depend on the medical use of cannabis oil or products infused with marijuana, such as edible preparations. The lawsuit seeks to enjoin the Michigan State Police and Oakland County Sheriff’s Forensic Laboratories from creating reports falsely stating that medical marijuana preparations are a synthetic schedule 1 drug, with no medical use. The lawsuit also asks the Court to appoint a crime lab monitor to ensure that a scientific standard is applied at the labs for marijuana and its preparations.

The class is represented by four plaintiffs, each one a previous defendant to criminal charges and asset forfeiture for possession of medical marijuana preparations.

The named defendants of the lawsuit are Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue, Director of the Michigan State Police, Inspector Scott Marier, Interim Director of the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division, Capt. Joe Quisenberry, Commanding Officer of the Forensic Services Laboratory for Oakland County, and Michael Bouchard, Sheriff of Oakland County, Michigan.

Read the lawsuit and see the exhibits here: http://michiganmedicalmarijuana.org/uploads/Lorincz%20Federal%20Complaint%20and%20Exhibits.pdf

FOX17 Coverage w/video: http://fox17online.com/2016/06/22/attorneys-file-federal-class-action-lawsuit-against-msp-crime-labs-over-marijuana-reporting-policy/

[Wild Bill]

My personal thanks to all involved. The closer it gets to real medicine the more they want to destroy it.

[pergamum362]

I assume this is going on the offensive..awesome.

[imiubu]

Go Team Go! Kick their collective arses

[Willy]

Gettem!!!

 

Edited June 25, 2016 by Willy

[bobandtorey]

Detroit — Several medical marijuana caregivers and patients have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the Michigan State Police crime lab intentionally misrepresented test results that expose thousands of people to possible felony charges.

The civil rights lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Detroit, alleges the state police acted in concert with the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM) and other law-enforcement agencies, including the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

The lawsuit was triggered by an alleged ongoing policy by the state to produce inaccurate test results that show marijuana seized during criminal investigations contained the synthetic cannabinoid Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is responsible for marijuana’s psychoactive effects. THC has little or no psychoactive effect when a marijuana plant is converted to an oil or edible, according to the lawsuit.

Under state law, possessing marijuana plant-based oils and edibles is a misdemeanor and Michigan residents with medical-marijuana licenses are legally allowed to possess them. It is a felony, however, to possess synthetic, laboratory-manufactured THC, according to state law.

The state crime lab has established a policy that potentially treats plant-based oils and edibles as synthetic THC, a policy that could expose people to a felony charge, according to the suit.

“At least one reason for the policy change was to better establish probable cause to arrest medical marijuana patients, obtain forfeiture of their assets, charge them with crimes they did not commit, and to allow felony charges against others for what is at most a misdemeanor,” Farmington Hills lawyer Michael Komorn wrote in the lawsuit.

The state policy could effect thousands of Michigan citizens, including about 180,000 registered medical marijuana patients and about 33,000 registered caregivers, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs want Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood to revise the test results, block the state from issuing faulty reports and appoint a crime-lab monitor.

A state police spokeswoman declined comment Thursday.

Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe called the allegations “a bunch of garbage.”

 

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/23/lawsuit-state-produced-bogus-marijuana-test-results/86292478/

[Wild Bill]

THC has little or no psychoactive effect when a marijuana plant is converted to an oil or edible, according to the lawsuit.

 

???

[t-pain]

lol, journalism has failed.

[Kingdiamond]

Thanks to all who fight for whats right!

[33451Bruce]

 

 THC has little or no psychoactive effect when a marijuana plant is converted to an oil or edible, according to the lawsuit.

 

 

That means they were making it wrong?