Cuevas-Esquivel v. United States

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• holding that an evidentiary hearing was unnecessary because discovery placed all the facts essential to deciding the petitioner’s claim before the court

  Wayne East v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

• upholding the conviction of a defendant who testified that he was only paid $33 to be a crew member on board a boat carrying marijuana

  United States v. Pérez-Meléndez

• upholding the conviction of a defendant who testified that he was only paid $33 to be a crew member on board a boat carrying marijuana

  United States v. Perez-Melendez

• "Without an official protest, we cannot conclude that Honduras has objected to Matta's arrest. Therefore Matta's claims of violations of international law do not entitle him to relief."

  United States v. Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez

• "Without an official protest, we cannot conclude that Honduras has objected to Matta's arrest. Therefore Matta’s claims of violations of international law do not entitle him to relief.”

  United States v. Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez

• "Treaties are designed to protect the sovereign interest of nations, and it is up to the offended nations to determine whether a violation of sovereign interests has occurred and requires redress"

  U.S.A. Ex Rel. Lolita Saroop v. Jesus A. Garcia. Lolita Saroop

• held that “[i]t is well established that individuals have no standing to challenge violations of international treaties in the absence of a protest by the sovereign involved”

  United States v. Martinez

• “Common sense ... dictates that if the facts as alleged by the applicant do not entitle him to relief, a hearing at which the applicant may prove those facts is useless.”

  Michael Pittman v. Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center

• “stateless” for purposes of jurisdiction

  Singleton v. United States