No. 22-7442
Paulino Vasquez-Rijo v. United States
Tags: drug-enforcement exclusive-economic-zone felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law stateless-vessels vessel-nationality
Latest Conference:
2023-06-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional Because Its Definition of "a Vessel Without Nationality," Provides for Foreign Vessels to Be Deemed Stateless Vessels for Purposes of Jurisdiction, Contrary to the Requirements of the Felonies Clause and Its Incorporated Customary Principles of International Law.
2. Whether the MDLEA is Unconstitutional as Applied to Vessels Within a Foreign Nation's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Because the EEZ Does Not Constitute the "high Seas" Within the Meaning of the Felonies Clause and Its Incorporated Customary Principles of International Law.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional
Docket Entries
2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2023-05-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2023)
2023-03-08
Application (22A785) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 27, 2023.
2023-03-03
Application (22A785) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2023 to May 27, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Paulino Vasquez-Rijo
Margaret Yvonne Foldes — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent