No. 25-5506

Carlos Daniel Canario-Vilomar v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: congressional-power define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction high-seas-enforcement international-law maritime-drug-law
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are Congress's powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law, and does the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceed congressional jurisdiction by prosecuting foreign nationals for extraterritorial crimes?

Question Presented (from Petition)

are: 1. Are Congress’s powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law ? 2. Does 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceed Congress’s powers by authorizing the United States to assert jurisdiction over foreign nationals for wholly foreign , extraterritorial crimes, in violation of international law? 3. Does Congress’ s power “[t]o define and punish ... Felonies committed on the high Seas,” authorize the United States to enforce its criminal laws upon foreign nationals for offenses committed inside a foreign nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone ?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-19
Supplemental Brief of Carlos Canario-Vilomar submitted.
2025-09-19
Supplemental brief of petitioner Carlos Canario-Vilomar filed. (Distributed)
2025-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)
2025-07-24
Application (25A99) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 26, 2025.
2025-07-22
Application (25A99) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 27, 2025 to September 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Carlos Canario-Vilomar
Tracy M. DreispulFederal Public Defender, Southern District of FL, Petitioner
Tracy M. DreispulFederal Public Defender, Southern District of FL, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent