territorial-jurisdiction

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25A905 Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., et al. v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. District of Columbia 2026-02-10 Application act-of-state-doctrine foreign-sovereign hickenlooper-amendment international-law property-expropriation territorial-jurisdiction Question not identified. The document provided is an "Unopposed Application for an Extension of Time in Which to File a Petition for a Writ of Certio…
25-6649 Lesley Chappell Green v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP communications-intercept court-sanctioning law-enforcement legal-constraints territorial-jurisdiction title-iii Whether the Government met the intended constraints of Title III and state law incorporating Title III for a lawful interception of communications wit…
25-6644 James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-limits criminal-prosecution foreign-commerce-clause international-law territorial-jurisdiction treaty-power Has America become so great that it need not consider due process, comity among nations, follow international law, or fulfill its treaty obligations? …
25A700 Jesse Fernando Perez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-16 Application circuit-split federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice legislative-fact statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-6386 Richard Edward Boggs v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-income-tax sixteenth-amendment tax-law territorial-jurisdiction 1) The lower courts, the Plaintiff, and the Plaintiff attorneys disregarded and evaded establishing proof of the requisite territorial jurisdiction on…
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…
24-303 Julian Javier Pimienta Dominguez v. Maria del Carmen Rendon Quijada Arizona 2024-09-17 Denied Response Waived domicile-requirements federal-preemption immigration-law nonimmigrant-visa territorial-jurisdiction visa-status Whether federal law precludes the holder of a TD nonimmigrant visa from establishing domicile in Arizona.
23-7335 Walter J. Himmelreich v. Janel Fitzgerald Sixth Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 bivens bivens-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation territorial-jurisdiction 1) Asdan"iis£ueaofGEdjrsi Impressi'en 5.fdingtlbisaCoBBt, does the "or Territory" clause of 4 2 USC § 19 8 3 and the related Civil Rights Statutes app…
23-5143 Lonnie Loren Kocontes v. California California 2023-07-19 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process gun-control high-seas international-treaties prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings territorial-jurisdiction Whether the State of California lacked territorial subject matter jurisdiction over an alleged homicide on a foreign-flagged ship on the high seas, bo…
22-6723 Syed K. Rafi v. Yale School of Medicine, et al. Second Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-litigation due-process employment employment-retaliation interstate-conduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-principles res-judicata retaliation strassheim-v-daily territorial-jurisdiction Does the Traditional Method of Determining Jurisdiction Under Territorial Principles apply to "Interstate Telephonic and Email —Computer Server Based …
22-6600 Eric Banks v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Several federal criminal statutes only apply within the United States's "special maritime and territorial jurisdiction," including the assault statute…
22-6587 Vernon White v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP 18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of "special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t…
22-6469 In Re Kenneth Crawford, Jr. 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights civil-rights constitution constitutional-limits due-process enumerated-powers federal-government jurisdictional-elements legislative-power legislative-powers territorial-jurisdiction 1. Does the Constitution for the United States of America limit the federal government and define the powers of the legislature? Do the enumeration of…
21-8202 Eric Watkins v. Officer Shields, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Granted IFP civil-procedure civil-rights digital-search due-process fourth-amendment government-action probable-cause property-rights search-and-seizure takings territorial-jurisdiction warrant-authority Question not identified.
21-1156 Rodric David v. Tony Kazal, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response Waived anti-stalking-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-application first-amendment foreign-nationals free-speech ninth-circuit standing territorial-jurisdiction Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly disregard this Court's holding in Agency for Int? Dev. v. All. for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 2082, 2086 (…
21-7030 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction I. Does the State of oKlahoma have Subject matter Jurisdiction over anY person mho Commits an offense UUithin tlic boundries of Indian CountrY ? Does…
21-840 United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1) indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes only the uplands of the islands in the main stem of the Penobscot River or also includes the surroun…
21-6032 Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-limits district-court due-process federal-procedure federal-rules judicial-precedent jurisdiction prosecutorial-authority standing territorial-court territorial-jurisdiction Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court in direct contrave…
20-6414 Daniel Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-7 adams-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction prison-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction In an 18 U.S.C. § 113 prosecution, does the Ninth Circuit's rule that prison personnel testimony that they "work at a United States prison" contravene…
20-6251 Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states ©WfidW oft 4V pftowixHo^ must fcW^s f>aov«, W'W<x\ jutfbdwttoN WiR o, CAlm- iw oftM 4* & toiMefrw? WU^** ^ Wdw is oa/ &\$dt£tiot\! IX IA*£. 6*^1 '7ift…
19-8794 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Erik A. Hooks, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-possession criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements restitution territorial-jurisdiction HAVE NORTH CAROLINA COURTS REAAOVED THE BURDEN OF PROOF Altogether in criminal Possession cases ? What decides A criminal court 's territorial Jurisd…
19-8148 Brent Douglas Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sovereignty standing territorial-jurisdiction venue A "Case" is "a suit instituted according to the regular course of judicial procedure." Muskrat, 219 US at 356-7. It must be instituted lawfully to ari…
19-6681 Louis Milton Willis v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 48-usc-1612 district-court exclusive-jurisdiction gross-receipts-tax income-tax organic-act revised-organic-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction virgin-islands Whether the plain language of § 22 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 [48 U.S.C. § 1612(a)] establishing that "the District Court of the Virgin Isla…
19-5474 Terry Lee Carlson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-search district-court due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jurisdiction search-limitation search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction venue warrant-scope Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, when ruling on the validity of a search of a computer located in Minnesota conducted pursuant to a search war…
19-5357 Daniel Eugene Cookson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights exclusionary-rule federal-magistrate federal-magistrates-act federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-judge search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction When a warrant authorizes a search beyond the issuing judge's territorial jurisdiction, does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply t…
18-9447 QuintIn Irving Brown v. Virginia Virginia 2019-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-boundaries jurisdiction jurisdictional-overreach procedural-error reversal state-law territorial-jurisdiction venue I. WHEN A CONVICTION OCCURS IN ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE A COUNTY'S JURISDICTION OCCURS OVER 2,200 YARDS BEYOND ITS 300-YARD PERMISSIBLE JU…
18-1461 Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c…
18-7799 Joel Stephen Cutulle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights democratic-society due-process fair-hearing integrity judicial-integrity judicial-review legal-protection reliability standing territorial-jurisdiction What due process protection is afforded a citizen within the territorial boundaries of the United States who brings a claim before a court of law seek…
18-775 Andrew Chien v. LeClairRyan, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-error civil-rights collateral-estoppel color-of-state-act due-process false-imprisonment fourth-amendment qualified-immunity res-judicata subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction For No. 18-6346, the question is whether the order is void which committed administrative error, a nonjudicial act by not issuing summons to defendant…
18-6514 In Re Melvin T. Bell 2018-10-31 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment jurisdiction liberty-deprivation standing territorial-jurisdiction (1) Is the party complaining illegally deprived of his liberty; and (2) Is it lawful for the United States District Court to imprison Bell, who was no…
18-5788 James Everett Dutschke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biological-agents bioweapon-offenses civil-rights constitutional-separation-of-powers due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction jurisdictional-ambiguity plea-agreement select-agents separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction treaty treaty-enactment 1-Is it constitutional for an Article III judge to act as an Article I lawmaker by rewriting or nullifying existing written law, writing new law or as…
18-5221 Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction The exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcemen Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection, because there i…