No. 20-8192

Jorge Ramon Newball-May v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-drug-law maritime-law pre-trial-hearing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501 et. seq., is unconstitutional on its face and in violation of the Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and to a trial by jury

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501 et. seq., is unconstitutional on its face and in violation of the Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and to a trial by jury because it precludes the jury from making a determination of jurisdiction and, instead, permits the Government to establish jurisdiction in a pre-trial hearing by submitting documents that were prepared in anticipation of litigation and without calling the declarants of those documents to testify? ii

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Jorge Newball-May
Bjorn Erik BrunvandBrunvand Wise PA, Petitioner
Bjorn Erik BrunvandBrunvand Wise PA, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent