United States v. Seale

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1254(2) and Supreme Court Rule 19, a majority of the members of the en banc court have voted to certify the following question of law to the Supreme Court: What statute of limitations applies to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1201 for a kidnaping offense that occurred in 1964 but was not indicted until 2007?

The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review cases “[b]y certification at any time by a court of appeals of any question of law in any civil or criminal ease as to which instructions are desired, and upon such *568certification the Supreme Court may give binding…