vessel-nationality
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6691 | Nedry McLean v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-02 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality | 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers, particularly where the MDLEA is extended to the prosecut… |
| 25-6453 | Rai Martinez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-nationals high-seas vessel-nationality | Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress's authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisd… |
| 24-7511 | Mario Maximo Medina-Quijije v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-06-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality | 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers, particularly where the MDLEA is extended to the prosecut… |
| 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… |
| 21-728 | Pedro Dino Cedado Nuñez, et al. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-11-16 | Denied | circuit-split criminal-procedure customary-international-law drug-enforcement international-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-test maritime-drug-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-nationality | The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act authorizes the United States to prosecute certain drug crimes committed aboard a "covered vessel." 46 U.S.C. § 7… |