U.S. v. OBANDO

Nos. 17-11202, 17-11276, 17-11313.

891 F.3d 929 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander OBANDO, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Laureano Roberto Quiroz-Mendoza, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso Bitaliano Marcillo-Mera, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Colan, Andy Ross Camacho, Wifredo A. Ferrer, Daniel Matzkin, Emily M. Smachetti, U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, Sivashree Sundaram, U.S. Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roger Cabrera, Roger Cabrera, P.A., Leonardo Spitale, Jr., Leo Spitale Jr., PA, Arun Gopal Ravindran, Michael Caruso, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JILL PRYOR, and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to decide whether a flag painted on the side of a vessel is "flying" for the purpose of making a "claim of nationality or registry" under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70502(e). When the United States Coast Guard stopped the vessel Siempre Malgarita in international...

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