| 23-6971 |
Steven Antonius, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, and Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment-due-process maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act originalism protective-principle universal-jurisdiction |
Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act expands federal criminal jurisdiction beyond what was permitted at the Constitution's ratification and i… |
| 23-6012 |
Rafael Espinal-Mieses v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960(b) criminal-sentencing federal-statute maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Did the First Circuit correctly interpret the pre-amendment version of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) as excluding MDLEA offenses from safety-valve relief? |
| 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 |
| 20-7910 |
Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 congress-authority congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation felony-jurisdiction high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law statelessness universal-jurisdiction vessel-status |
Whether Congress's authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United States … |
| 20-5087 |
Italo Ebaristo Napa Moreira v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge due-process johnson jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act miranda prosecutorial-discretion stateless-vessel |
Whether the MDLEA is unconstitutional due to lack of minimum-contacts or nexus requirement |
| 19-8889 |
Hector Guagua-Alarcon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii article-three due-process executive-branch executive-power federal-jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the MDLEA violate Article III and the Sixth Amendment by giving dispositive weight to the Executive Branch's assertion that jurisdiction exists? |
| 19-7484 |
Jose Candelario Perez-Cruz v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law mdlea pretrial-hearing stateless-vessel trial-procedure |
Whether the Court of Appeals clearly erred in upholding the District Court's conclusion that jurisdiction in a stateless vessel case under the MDLEA i… |
| 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 |
| 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… |
| 18-9328 |
Diego Portocarrero Valencia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process high-seas-offense jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing stateless-vessel |
Is the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) unconstitutional because no minimum contacts between the accused and the United States are required t… |
| 18-7000 |
Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553(f) circuit-split criminal-law drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence under the 's… |
| 18-6482 |
Roger Alfred Anchundia-Espinoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553(f) criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-safety-valve united-states-v-mosquera-murillo |
Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minim… |
| 18-374 |
Wuilson Estuardo Lemus Castillo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
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18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence und… |
| 18-5702 |
Miguel Angel Mejia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii article-three drug-enforcement executive-power jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the MDLEA violate Article III and the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial by giving dispositive weight to the Executive Branch's assertion that… |
| 18-5534 |
Juan Carrasquilla-Lombada, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act pre-trial-hearing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation testimonial-evidence |
Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act violates the Sixth Amendment by precluding the jury from determining jurisdiction and allowing the gover… |
| 18-5221 |
Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve relief violates equal protection,… |