UNITED STATES v. NUNEZ

No. 19-14181.

1 F.4th 976 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pedro Dino Cedado NUNEZ, Manely Enriquez, Angel Castro Garcia, Mike Castro Martinez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Alan Gray , The University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, AL, George A. Martin, Jr. , U.S. Attorney Service-Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Domingo Soto , Madden & Soto, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Pedro Dino Cedado Nunez.

Richard Earl Shields, Richard E. Shields, Esquire , Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Manely Enriquez.

Latisha Vanese Colvin , Kristen Gartman Rogers , Carlos Alfredo Williams , Federal Defender's Office, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Angel Castro Garcia.

William K. Bradford , Bradford Ladner, LLP, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Mike Castro Martinez.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, GRANT and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


These appeals present several issues about the convictions of four drug smugglers under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Three threshold issues involve jurisdiction: whether a vessel lacks nationality when, upon request by the Coast Guard, no member of the crew identifies himself as the master or individual in charge...

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