BOTTOM LINE: The court joined numerous other circuits in holding that the government may challenge a certificate of appealability issued by the district court on the basis that it fails to indicate a ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where Michigan assaultive bank robbery reflects the essence of federal robbery, it qualified as a “serious violent felony” for purposes of the federal “three-strikes” law. CASE: United ...

Constructive Trust Claim—Motion To Dismiss Denied—Elements of Constructive Trust Are “A Confidential Relationship, a Promise, a Transfer In Reliance Thereon and Unjust Enrichment”—Those Elements Are ...