United States v. Bradley Oliver Bowen, United States v. Rinaldo Ticchiarelli, A/K/A Ronaldo, A/K/A Whitney Dorey

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• noting that a statute is obscure where genuine and insurmountable doubt exists as to its intended meaning
• explaining that courts 15 have federal question jurisdiction in declaratory relief actions when “the declaratory judgment 16 defendant could have brought a coercive action in federal court to enforce its rights”
• applying rule of lenity when experts offered conflicting definitions of “hashish oil” and district court found “no scientific or universally accepted precise definition of the term”
• “A person may seek declaratory relief in federal court if the one 15 against whom he brings his action could have asserted his own rights there.”

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