| 25-6270 |
Jhon Henry Alvarado-Valencia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power criminal-prosecution drug-enforcement extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-waters maritime-law |
Does Congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas authorize prosecution of foreign nationals for crimes in a foreign nati… |
| 19-6546 |
Elmer Misael Garcia Ramirez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-authority define-and-punish-clause due-process high-seas international-law international-waters jurisdiction maritime-law nexus |
Whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction because neither the U.S. Constitution nor any theory of international law permits jurisdiction to be asser… |
| 19-6084 |
Jair Mendoza Montoya v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction-territorial-principle-extrat district-court drug-enforcement extraterritorial-effect international-waters maritime-jurisdiction nicaragua-international-waters statutory-interpretation territorial-principle |
Was the criminal jurisdiction of the United States based upon territorial principle, and unlawfully conferred to the U.S.A. by implication given to ex… |
| 19-6039 |
Camilo Andres Landazuri Vargas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
congress-powers-limits congressional-power criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment foreign-national international-law international-waters jurisdiction jurisdictional-element maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Whether the prosecution of Mr. Vargas - an Ecuadorian national with no ties to the United States - for trafficking controlled substances in internatio… |
| 19-5166 |
Henry Vazquez Valois v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power congressional-powers criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-national international-law international-waters maritime-law |
Whether the prosecution of Mr. Vazquez Valois — a Colombian national with no ties to the United States — for trafficking cocaine in international wate… |