exclusive-economic-zone

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6851 Jose David Payba Lacayo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusive-economic-zone extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-nationals high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act Petitioner, a foreign national found on a boat within 200 miles of Colombia, was prosecuted for two marijuana offenses under the Maritime Drug Law Enf…
24-6691 Jose Miguel Rosario-Rojas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction exclusive-economic-zone high-seas international-law maritime-law Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power "[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas" authorizes the United Stat…
24-6177 Jhonathan Alfonso v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP congressional-power criminal-enforcement exclusive-economic-zone high-seas maritime-law territorial-jurisdiction Whether Congress's Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 power "[t]o define and punish ... Felonies committed on the high Seas" authorizes the United States…
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 1. Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional Because Its Definition of "a Vessel Without Nationality," Provides for Foreign Vessels to Be Deem…