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Steve Tuck Moved to Federal Detention Center in Seatac

Updated By Richard Cowan October 11, 2005 7:45PM

Thanks to the great work of attorney Douglas Hiatt, things are
looking much better for Steve.

Doug went with Steve to his first federal hearing today, and will
accompany him again when Steve will have to appear another federal
hearing to determine how he will return to California to face charges
for growing medical marijuana.

It will also be determined how the federal charges for Interstate
Flight to Avoid Prosecution will be handled.

He has been moved to the federal detention center at Seatac, where he
should be getting at least minimal health care tonight. Nonetheless,
the brutal way in which Steve has been treated since he was taken
from the ER in Vancouver by cowardly little thugs has demonstrated
all too clearly the real reason that Steve fled.

Steve fled to NOT to avoid prosecution but rather to avoid being
treated precisely the way he really was treated! He wanted to avoid
being deprived of the pain relievers to which he is entitled by law!

This morning, Doug Hiatt wrote, “I am ashamed. I have met a very
small man with a very large heart. Thirteen back surgeries. He is a
sixteen year chronic pain morphine user…

He is a medical cannabis user. He has an enlarged prostate and a
partially blocked bowel. He is sitting in jail.

As of this writing he has received no pain medication. He kicked hard
in the drunk tank in Whatcom county. When I saw him last night he was
in tears from the pain. I have contacted the chief jail doctor, Ben
Sanders, and notified him of all the above and other relevant medical
information. I hope something is done.

Needless to say, this makes me sick...

More later,

Douglas”

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