vessel-nationality

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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 Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers and violates due process when prosecuting foreign citizens w…
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…
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
21-728 Pedro Dino Cedado Nuñez, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure customary-international-law drug-enforcement international-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-test maritime-drug-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-nationality Whether the three ways to identify nationless vessels enumerated in 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1) are exhaustive