United States v. Pickett

Pickett’s sole argument on appeal is that there was no “border crossing” within the meaning of Stone because he moved to shore from a federal enclave as defined in OCSLA and government agents were aware that he had not made an intervening stop in a foreign country. Confronting this argument requires, as a first step, that we determine whether CM15 is an OCSLA *236situs and thus a federal enclave in international waters. Applying longstanding Fifth Circuit precedents, I would hold that CM15 is not an OCSLA situs and affirm the district court on this ground, without reaching the question whether we…