stateless-vessel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7893 Liver Gruezo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction law-enforcement-procedures maritime-drug-law maritime-law minimum-contacts miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona stateless-vessel 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"), 46 U.S.C. § 70501, et. seq., violates Due Process because its enforcement procedures are v…
20-5087 Italo Ebaristo Napa Moreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process johnson jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act miranda prosecutorial-discretion stateless-vessel I. Whether the MDLEA is unconstitutional because the Government is not required to prove any "minimum contacts" or "nexus" between a defendant and the…
19-7484 Jose Candelario Perez-Cruz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law mdlea pretrial-hearing stateless-vessel trial-procedure Whether the Court of Appeals clearly erred in upholding the District Court's conclusion that jurisdiction in a stateless vessel case under the MDLEA i…
18-9328 Diego Portocarrero Valencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process high-seas-offense jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing stateless-vessel 1. Is the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA") unconstitutional because no minimum contacts between the accused and the United States are requi…
18-9263 Luis Felipe Valencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process international-law jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-law minimum-contacts stateless-vessel vagueness void-for-vagueness Petitioner was onboard a boat in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean when the United States Coast Guard ("USCG") detained him for cocain…