KUBBY SUES PLACER COUNTY

Steve Kubby files $250 million lawsuit for violation of his rights during
1999 med-pot raid.

Libertarian politician, medical marijuana user, and author Steve Kubby has
filed a landmark lawsuit accusing government officials of violating civil
rights and maliciously inflicting harm on him, his wife Michele, and his
children during a 1999 drug raid.

The suit was filed by a team of attorneys from the respected California law
firm of Halpern and Halpern, on June 18, 2001, in Placer County Superior
Court. Kubby's complaint seeks $250 million in damages and compensation.

The document was filed as Kubby stands down Placer officials by refusing to
accept terms of probation arising from misdemeanor convictions for a
mushroom stem and a cacti. The misdemeanors arose out of the 1999 raid,
which targeted Kubby's med-pot grow room.

Kubby says Placer wants to jail him for refusing to pay $4500 in court
costs and fines. The 53-year-old father of two faced a late July court
deadline in California. As this issue went to press, Kubby was in exile in
Canada. He told Cannabis Culture he is unsure if he will return to the US
because he might be illegally arrested and detained.

Kubby's lawsuit alleges that Placer officials violated the Americans With
Disabilities Act, committed assault, battery, trespass and false
imprisonment, deliberately inflicted emotional distress, and violated
Proposition 215, the medical marijuana law that Kubby helped pass in 1996.

The suit targets sheriff Ed Bonner, District Attorney Brad Fenocchio,
prosecutors Chris Cattran and Gene Geni, and lead investigator Michael Lyke