| 25-6851 |
Jose David Payba Lacayo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
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… |
| 25-6314 |
Jose Fernando Lopez-Anchundia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-power criminal-prosecution drug-enforcement extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-law |
1. Does Congress's power "[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas," authorize the United States to impose its laws upon forei… |
| 25-6270 |
Jhon Henry Alvarado-Valencia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power criminal-prosecution drug-enforcement extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-waters maritime-law |
Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress "[t]o define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the hig… |
| 25-5584 |
Virgilio Valencia-Gamboa v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power criminal-jurisdiction define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-drug-law |
Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress "[t]o define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the hig… |
| 25-5506 |
Carlos Daniel Canario-Vilomar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction high-seas-enforcement international-law maritime-drug-law |
1. Are Congress's powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law?
2. Does 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) of the Mariti… |
| 25-163 |
Corrigan Clay v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause missouri-v-holland optional-protocol |
1. Whether the Foreign Commerce Clause empowers Congress to criminalize private, non-commercial conduct that occurs entirely abroad.
2. Whether Misso… |
| 24A1124 |
Corrigan Clay v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause interstate-commerce missouri-v-holland treaty-power |
Whether Congress's authority under the Foreign Commerce Clause and the treaty power extends to criminalizing entirely extraterritorial, noncommercial … |
| 24-5134 |
Diana Ingrid Reismann Sexton v. Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. |
Texas |
2024-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
alien-tort-statute civil-rights-violations convention-against-torture dual-citizenship due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law international-treaties sovereign-immunity torture torture-prevention |
1) May a case demanding relief to a dual citizen with dominant nationality as an alien and her child, injured by US naturals who committed tortures, f… |
| 23-1119 |
Loredana Ranza v. Nike, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
|
adea administrative-agency civil-rights claim-preclusion discrimination extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens title-vii |
1. Does claim preclusion bar an expatriate U.S. citizen from bringing discrimination claims under the extraterritorial provisions of Title VII of the … |
| 23-6971 |
Steven Antonius, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, and Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment-due-process maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act originalism protective-principle universal-jurisdiction |
1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1) and 70506, expands federal criminal jurisdiction beyond what would have bee… |
| 23-5781 |
Troy George Skinner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation |
One of the statutes addressing the sexual exploitation of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2251, prohibits (a) the employment, enticement, or coercion of a minor… |
| 23-5641 |
Marvin Joe Randall v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-prosecution internet-activity interstate-conduct personal-jurisdiction prostitution-regulation state-jurisdiction state-regulation website-communication |
No evidence indicated that the petitioner was in Oregon at the times relevant to this case. Can the State of Oregon regulate the conduct of an individ… |
| 23-5515 |
Carmen Saldana Meyer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-kidnapping-act foreign-commerce jurisdictional-basis jury-instructions kidnapping united-states unlawful-act |
Whether the Federal Kidnapping Act authorizes a conviction where the foreign commerce jurisdictional basis was the defendant's travel in foreign comme… |
| 22-7065 |
Ahmed Abu Khatallah v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-03-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
i.
Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) apply extraterritorially?
ii.
Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a court from basing a criminal defendant's senten… |
| 22-6343 |
Rossen Iossifov v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bitcoin-exchange criminal-venue due-process extradition extraterritorial-jurisdiction money-laundering racketeering venue wire-fraud |
The Petitioner, Rossen Iossifov ("Iossifov"), was indicted on July 5, 2018, and charged with one count of conspiring to engage in racketeering activit… |
| 21-1198 |
Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution |
Whether congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagg… |
| 21-5627 |
William Brinson Ball v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States. |
| 21-5604 |
Daniel Chase Harris v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3261 18-usc-7 circuit-split civilian-jurisdiction due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-law military-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether U.S. military or civilian courts have exclusive jurisdiction of service members for their overseas conduct on foreign U.S. military install… |
| 21-246 |
Joseph Schneider v. New York |
New York |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process eavesdropping-warrant extraterritorial-jurisdiction federalism interstate-communications jurisdictional-limits state-judicial-authority state-sovereignty title-iii wiretapping |
Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 prohibits wiretapping except as provided in the enabling statute, 18 U.S.C. §2516.… |
| 21-5203 |
Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, aka Ibrahim Akasha v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreign-national personal-jurisdiction |
What level of contact with the United States must a foreign national who never entered this country and committed the offense conduct solely outside o… |
| 20-5026 |
James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-prosecution extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct foreign-relations sovereignty statutory-construction |
Does the "power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations", in accordance with the United States Constitution art 1, § 8 cl. 3, include the prosecutio… |
| 19-8513 |
Edward Javier Catano Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
drug-trafficking due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-drug-law maritime-law pinkerton-doctrine subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. For purposes of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"),
does due process require a nexus between the defendant and the United
States where… |
| 19-1141 |
Atlantic Trading USA, LLC, et al. v. BP P.L.C., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
circuit-split commodity-exchange-act domestic-transaction extraterritorial-jurisdiction location-of-exchange morrison-test morrison-v-national-australia-bank securities-exchange-act stoyas-v-toshiba-corp territorial-application |
In Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Ltd., 561 U.S. 247, 259-60 (2010), this Court severely criticized the Second Circuit's so-called "conduct-and-… |
| 19-7754 |
Erik Leonardus Peeters v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits non-commercial-conduct non-economic-conduct police-power united-states-v-al-maliki united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of noncommercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign … |
| 19-7486 |
Michael Lindsay v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2423c commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce foreign-commerce-clause non-commercial-conduct police-power united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison |
This Court has well-settled that the Commerce Clause gives Congress no general police power over non-commercial, non-economic conduct. See United Stat… |
| 19-6988 |
Marlon Jessie Blacher v. S. Johnson, Chief Deputy Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-litigation civil-procedure contract due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fraud interstate-conflict jurisdiction jurisdictional-statute legal-standing non-resident-parties standing |
Question not identified. |
| 19-6938 |
Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion |
1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70503 et. sec., which criminalizes foreign drug trafficking offenses committed aboard ve… |
| 19-6607 |
Robert Allen Stanford v. Jay Clayton |
District of Columbia |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights discretionary-function due-process extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sec-enforcement securities sovereign-immunity |
This case involves an extraordinary, extra-statutory overreach of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); a civil enforcement action taken by th… |
| 19-6293 |
Dwight Knowles v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-jurisprudence congressional-intent conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-conspiracy extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-offenses extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-application |
Whether federal conspiracy statutes apply extraterritorially when the object of the conspiracy is an extraterritorial offense but there is no clear in… |
| 19-6009 |
John Robert Demos v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Closed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability diplomacy diplomatic-immunity extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-nationals foreign-sovereigns human-rights international-diplomacy international-law original-jurisdiction self-executing standing treaty |
APPeRTAiNiNG To
Atiens,
FoReiGNERS,
NATIONAIS,
SubJECIS OF A FOREIGN COUNIRY,
PRoTecTed PeRSONS,
2.
Is Demos A BRiistiCiTizeN, oRAU.s. CTizeN? As DeM… |
| 19-5946 |
Anthony Carl Spence v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether, absent a clear indication of extraterritoriality, a federal sentencing court is permitted to enhance a defendant's offense level under the se… |
| 19-256 |
Yuzef Abramov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-powers counsel-of-choice due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause necessary-and-proper necessary-and-proper-clause sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation treaty-power |
I. Whether it is constitutional to extend 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) to noncommercial conduct allegedly committed by a foreign citizen and resident against o… |
| 19-5166 |
Henry Vazquez Valois v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power congressional-powers criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-national international-law international-waters maritime-law |
Whether the prosecution of Mr. Vazquez Valois — a Colombian
national with no ties to the United States — for trafficking cocaine in
international wate… |
| 18-1566 |
Charles D. Scoville v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-procedure criminal-prosecution dodd-frank-act due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-reach extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction sec-enforcement securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-law securities-regulation statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether Section 929P(b)'s jurisdictional amendments conferred substantive extraterritorial reach upon Sections 10(b) and 17(a) in SEC enforcement acti… |
| 18-9055 |
Ronald Ray Horner v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-protections constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extra-territorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment international-law sovereign-territory supreme-court-precedent |
Does the fact that the Appellant was arrested and questioned in Canada immunize the United States Attorney from following the Constitution of the Unit… |
| 18-7485 |
Marcus Noel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction hostage-taking international-law jurisdictional-elements mens-rea nationality necessary-and-proper-clause treaty-power |
1. When the United States prosecutes a foreign national for kidnapping a United States citizen in a foreign country, must the government prove that th… |
| 18-6854 |
Matthew Lane Durham v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits minor-protection noncommercial-activity noneconomic-activity sexual-acts sexual-conduct statutory-interpretation |
Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers under the Foreign Commerce Clause by punishing noncommercial, noneconomic sexual acts committed by a U.S. ci… |
| 18-47 |
Thomas McClary, et al. v. Commodores Entertainment Corp. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
|
extraterritorial-conduct extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-commerce jurisdiction lanham-act steele-v-bulova substantial-effect trademark-enforcement trademark-standing us-commerce |
1. What defines the "substantial effect on United States commerce", that grants U.S. court's jurisdiction to expand the Lanham Act to extraterritorial… |