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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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