No. 24-7511

Mario Maximo Medina-Quijije v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers and violates due process when prosecuting foreign citizens with no U.S. nexus

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Petitioner’s case presents the following important constitutional questions: 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress’s Article I powers, particularly where the MDLEA is extended to the prosecution of a foreign citizen whose offense had no nexus to the United States? 2. Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Felonies Clause by defining a “vessel without nationality” to include vessels that are not stateless under international law? 3. Whether the prosecution under the MDLEA of a foreign citizen whose offense had no nexus to the United States, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-08
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-23

Attorneys

Mario Medina-Quijije
David Christopher HardyThe Hardy Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
David Christopher HardyThe Hardy Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent