No. 23-5515

Carmen Saldana Meyer v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-kidnapping-act foreign-commerce jurisdictional-basis jury-instructions kidnapping united-states unlawful-act
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Kidnapping Act authorizes a conviction where the foreign commerce jurisdictional basis was the defendant's travel in foreign commerce, no unlawful act took place in the United States before the defendant traveled in foreign commerce, and the kidnapping occurred outside of the United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Question One: Whether the Federal Kidnapping Act authorizes a conviction where the foreign commerce jurisdictional basis was the defendant’s travel in foreign commerce, no unlawful act took place in the United States before the defendant traveled in foreign commerce, and the kidnapping occurred outside of the United States. Question Two: Whether the district court plainly erred by failing to adequately present the jury with the law governing Appellant’s kidnapping charge, thereby allowing a conviction based on legally insufficient evidence. ii

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States, et al. to respond filed.
2023-08-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Carmen Saldana Meyer
Brittany Carroll LacayoLacayo Law Firm PLLC, Petitioner
United States, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent