No. 24-6691

Jose Miguel Rosario-Rojas v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction exclusive-economic-zone high-seas international-law maritime-law
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 24-6177 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power "[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas" authorizes the United States to enforce its criminal laws in a foreign nation's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power '[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas' authorizes the United States to enforce its criminal laws in a foreign nation's Exclusive Economic Zone'

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-22
Rescheduled.
2025-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-03
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-04-03
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-01-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Jose Rosario-Rojas
Humberto Rolando DominguezHumberto R. Dominguez, PA, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent