Cuevas-Esquivel v. United States
Cuevas-Esquivel v. United States, 498 U.S. 877 (1990)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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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)
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(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)
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("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.")
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("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")
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(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”)
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(“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.”)
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(“stateless” for purposes of jurisdiction)
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