| 25-222 |
Victor Everette Silvers v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-notice maritime-jurisdiction sixth-amendment trial-by-jury |
Certain federal criminal offenses under Title 18 of the United States Code, including under § 1(b) (murder), § 1113 (attempted murder or manslaughter)… |
| 24-7291 |
John R. Moore, Jr. and Tanner J. Mansell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
criminal-intent federal-crime intent-element maritime-jurisdiction property-theft statutory-interpretation |
Whether a person acts with 'intent to steal or purloin' for purposes of the felony offense in 18 U.S.C. § 661 whenever he knowingly takes and carries … |
| 23-38 |
David Anthony Newbold, et al. v. Kinder Morgan SNG Operator, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction navigable-waters navigation-servitude ordinary-high-water-mark takings terrestrial-vegetation-test |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in limiting the federal navigation servitude |
| 22-6587 |
Vernon White v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of 'special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t… |
| 20-6414 |
Daniel Ray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-7 adams-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction prison-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's rule that prison personnel testimony that they 'work at a United States prison' contravenes the requirements necessary to … |
| 20-6 |
William Burke v. Progressive Gulf Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial insurance insurance-claim legal-manipulation maritime-jurisdiction maritime-law seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Is an insurance company allowed to manipulate outdated, obsolete maritime laws in order to falsely claim that a vessel is located in navigable waters … |
| 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… |