felonies-clause
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6691 | Nedry McLean v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-02 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality | 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers, particularly where the MDLEA is extended to the prosecut… |
| 25-6453 | Rai Martinez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-30 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-nationals high-seas vessel-nationality | Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress's authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisd… |
| 24-7511 | Mario Maximo Medina-Quijije v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-06-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality | Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers and violates due process when prosecuting foreign citizens w… |
| 24-5159 | Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status | Whether Congress' authority to 'define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas,' U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the 'Felonies Clause'), is l… |
| 23-6910 | Jeffri Dávila-Reyes v. United States | First Circuit | 2024-03-06 | Denied | IFP | 46-usc-70502 46-usc-70504 appellate-procedure constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-review felonies-clause plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction vessel-jurisdiction | Does the United States jurisdiction over a vessel under 46 U.S.C. § 70504(a) present a question of subject-matter-jurisdiction? |
| 22-7442 | Paulino Vasquez-Rijo v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-05-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | drug-enforcement exclusive-economic-zone felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law stateless-vessels vessel-nationality | Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional |
| 21-1198 | Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Response Waived | congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution | Whether Congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagg… |
| 19-6938 | Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion | Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceeds Congress' power under the Felonies Clause |