No. 21-7329
Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden
IFP
Tags: certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment
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Latest Conference:
2022-06-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambiguous substantive state law rather than certifying a question to the highest court of the state?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambiguous substantive state law rather than certifying a question to the highest court of the state? (i)
Docket Entries
2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-21
Reply of petitioner Von Lester Taylor filed. (Distributed)
2022-05-10
Letter from counsel for respondent noting an error in the brief in opposition filed.
2022-05-09
Brief of respondent Robert Powell in opposition filed.
2022-03-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 9, 2022.
2022-03-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2022 to May 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 8, 2022)
2022-01-27
Application (21A277) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until March 7, 2022.
2022-01-24
Application (21A277) to extend further the time from February 5, 2022 to March 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2022-01-04
Application (21A277) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 5, 2022.
2021-12-20
Application (21A277) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 6, 2022 to February 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Attorneys
Robert Powell
Melissa Ann Holyoak — Utah Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Von Lester Taylor
Brian Marc Pomerantz — Law Offices of Brian M. Pomerantz, Petitioner