judicial-certification

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7329 Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied IFP certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig…
19-7071 Joseph A. Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certification criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-certification sentencing serious-drug-offense state-convictions statutory-interpretation Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'serious drug offense' definition is limited to only those state convictions that are the same or narrower tha…
18-521 Simpson Juan v. Jneso District Council 1, et al. Third Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied appeal appellate-review civil-procedure final-judgment judicial-certification multiple-claims multiple-parties remand rule-54b If a district court certifies in response to a I.R.C.P. 54(b) remand that one of the judgments in a multiple party/multiple claim action has remained …