No. 24-6691

Jose Miguel Rosario-Rojas v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction exclusive-economic-zone high-seas international-law maritime-law
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-05-15 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 24-6177 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power '[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas' authorizes the United States to enforce its criminal laws in a foreign nation's Exclusive Economic Zone'

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Congress’s Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power “[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas” authorizes the United States to enforce its criminal laws in a foreign nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-22
Rescheduled.
2025-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-03
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-04-03
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-01-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Jose Rosario-Rojas
Humberto Rolando DominguezHumberto R. Dominguez, PA, Petitioner
Humberto Rolando DominguezHumberto R. Dominguez, PA, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent