MAN SUES SAV-ON BECAUSE THEY REPORTED PHOTOS OF HIS POT PLANTS

A man who wanted film to be developed at a Sav-on Drugs store has sued the
company claiming invasion of privacy after he was arrested when a store
employee showed police photographs of his marijuana plants.

"I have one plant that was situated right here and the second one was over
approximately three feet," Glenn Randall Miller, 42, of Montebello told
KCAL-TV in Los Angeles on Thursday. "I've been a loyal customer to Sav-on
ever since I had physical problems. I didn't see what they gained by doing
what they did."

Miller filed the suit in Superior Court last month. He is facing a Dec. 11
arraignment on felony possession, use and potential sale of the pot.

The unnamed Sav-on Drugs employee in October showed Montebello police
photographs of Miller's marijuana plants. Police searched Miller's trailer
and confiscated items including a paint scale.

An after-hours message left Thursday night for the Boise, Idaho law firm
representing Sav-on Drugs was not immediately returned. Boise-based
Albertson's Inc. is the parent of Sav-on Drugs.

Miller, who says he uses marijuana to ease the symptoms of emphysema, heart
and lung disease, is seeking unspecified general and punitive damages and
attorney's fees. He claims the plants were only for his own use.

It wasn't immediately known whether Miller had a prescription for
marijuana. California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, allowing the
medicinal use of marijuana with a doctor's authorization.

Steven Weinberger, Miller's attorney said his client's photographs are his
property.

"Sav-on was his agent for the purpose of developing the photographs only,
not for examining the photographs for any potential legality or illegality
portrayed in the photos themselves," Weinberger said.

Miller added that he's afraid of dying in prison. "I really hope that the
justice system sees that I'm not a criminal," he told KCAL-TV.