Ralph Robert Erickson
Signed rulings
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“We granted the Defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) petition for interlocutory appeal of the grant of class certification, and now affirm.”
“We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291, and we affirm.”
“plaintiffs in this declaratory judgment action seeking to allocate defense costs among insured and uninsured parties, appeal the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... We affirm.”
“Edmonds appeals, arguing the district court erred when it departed and varied upward from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines range. We affirm.”
“The defendants filed a joint motion to dismiss, asserting the doctrine of res judicata barred Scott's claims. The district court granted the defendants' motion. Scott appeals, and we affirm.”
“Sandknop now appeals with the assistance of pro bono counsel. We affirm.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
“We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1291 and affirm.”
“Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1291, we affirm.”
“We affirm the grant of summary judgment, but vacate the part of the order related to the NFEPA claim, with directions that the NFEPA claim be remanded to the state court in its entirety.”
“We conclude that 18 U.S.C. Section 3599 does not permit the district court to compel state officials to act in furtherance of state clemency proceedings.”
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