UNITED STATES v. DÁVILA-REYES

No. 16-2089, No. 16-2143.

23 F.4th 153 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jeffri DÁVILA-REYES, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. José D. Reyes-Valdivia, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franco L. Pérez-Redondo , Research and Writing Specialist, with whom Eric Alexander Vos , Federal Public Defender, Vivianne M. Marrero , Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Liza L. Rosado-Rodríguez , Research and Writing Specialist, were on brief, for appellant José D. Reyes-Valdivia.

Raymond L. Sánchez-Maceira on brief for appellant Jeffri Dávila-Reyes.

Thomas F. Klumper , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, John A. Mathews II , Assistant United States Attorney, and David C. Bornstein , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Lipez and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


These consolidated appeals arise from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in the western Caribbean Sea and the subsequent arrest and indictment of the three men on board for drug trafficking under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"), 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501-08. In a motion to dismiss the...

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