11/1/2004: Today's court date report suggests that Eddy Lepp could lose his land: the prosecutor announced that asset forfeiture proceedings have begun against Eddy. However, he will be allowed to travel to Amsterdam for the Cannabis Cup. His next court date will be Monday, December 13th, 2004 (changed from 12/6, likely at 11am).
Report from Eddy's October 18th Court Date Report from October 4th courtdate in Federal Court in San Francisco: The criminal case has been merged with Eddy's civil suit against the government for $68 million. Eddy Lepp is free on bond.

On August 18th, 2004, federal agents raided Eddy Lepp’s medicinal garden, ministry, and home, known as Eddy's Medicinal Gardens, in Lake County. Lepp was growing 32,524 Medicinal Cannabis plants on 25 acres of land in Upper Lake, California, for the patients whom his ministry is helping. Lepp's ministry is seen as part of a fight for patients’ rights to safe and affordable medicine. All of the patients the ministry helps have valid medical conditions and legal recommendations from their physicians to use Medicinal Cannabis.
In the raid, government officials took personal computers, souvenirs, and other artifacts that had nothing to do with EMG, items that EMG says have no real significance to be considered evidence. They also confiscated a total of 2,300 dollars from members of EMG, never admitting it into evidence. The home is missing all of Lepp’s files and paper work for his civil case against the DEA for a 2002 raid on the gardens.
The raid came just days after Americans for Safe Access released a report about law enforcement violations of the rights of medical marijuana patients in California.
Statement from Eddy's Medicinal Gardens supporters | Statement from the US Department of Justice about the 8/18 raid | One witness's account

9/25/2004: A defense fundraiser was held at Eddy's Medicinal Gardens today.
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9/8/3004: A protest was held at the federal building in San Francisco in response to recent DEA raids, and another protest was held in Sacramento.
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