Free Motion for Ex Parte Application - District Court of California - California

Case 4:07-mj-70574-MRGD

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1 J. TONY SERRA #32639

SARA ZALKIN #223044
2 506 Broadway

San Francisco CA 94133
3 Telephone: 415/986-5591 4 Attorneys for Defendant

MICHAEL MARTIN
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 13

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, v.

CR 07-70574 WDB EX PARTE REQUEST FOR ORDER PERMITTING DEFENDANT TO USE MARINOL AS PRESCRIBED /

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Defendant.

COMES NOW defendant, through counsel, and hereby requests

18 express permission to use Marinol, a synthetic version of 19 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is approved by the Food and 20 Drug Administration (FDA). 21 declares: 22

In support of said request, counsel

I am an attorney licensed to practice in the State of

23 California and before this court, and I am one of the attorneys 24 of record for defendant Michael Martin in this matter. 25

Dr. Eugene Schoenfeld prescribed Marinol for use by Mr. Hence Williams of United States Pretrial Services has

26 Martin.

27 no objection to Mr. Martin using Marinol on pretrial release,
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1 Marinol resembles THC in its chemical profile (Marinol is the 2 trade name for dronabinol, an analog of THC). 3

Shashi Kewalramani, Assistant United States Attorney, has

4 no objection to Mr. Martin's request. 5

It is therefore respectfully requested that Mr. Martin be

6 allowed to use Marinol as prescribed. 7

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is

8 true and correct, and that this declaration is executed on 9 October 17, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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/s/ SARA ZALKIN SARA ZALKIN Attorney for Defendant MICHAEL MARTIN

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1 J. TONY SERRA #32639

SARA ZALKIN #223044
2 506 Broadway

San Francisco CA 94133
3 Telephone: 415/986-5591 4 Attorneys for Defendant

MICHAEL MARTIN
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 13

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, v.

CR 07-70574 WDB ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE REQUEST FOR ORDER PERMITTING DEFENDANT TO USE MARINOL AS PRESCRIBED /

14 MICHAEL MARTIN, 15 16 17

Defendant.

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ordered that Michael

18 Martin be allowed to use Marinol as prescribed. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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SO ORDERED. Dated:

HONORABLE WAYNE D. BRAZIL U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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