context: This Court, however, has typically construed attacks on jurisdictional elements as a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting that particular jurisdictional element.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 727 F.3d 1144, 1152
citation_a.parenthetical: "But, as we see it, 'any matter within the jurisdiction' is merely a jurisdictional element, for which no mens rea is required."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Blankenship, 382 F.3d 1110, 1131 (11th Cir.2004) (construing defendant’s claim that the District Court lacked jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 as an attack on the sufficiency of the evidence); United States v. Key, 76 F.3d 350, 353 (11th Cir.1996) (“Whether the government proved [a] jurisdictional element is measured as a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.”); see also United States v. McQueen, 727 F.3d 1144, 1152 (11th Cir.2013) (“But, as we see it, ‘any matter within the jurisdiction’ is merely a jurisdictional element, for which no mens rea is required.”). Thus we analyze this issue using the standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence claims.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 382 F.3d 1110, 1131
citation_b.parenthetical: construing defendant's claim that the District Court lacked jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. SS 1001 as an attack on the sufficiency of the evidence
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Blankenship, 382 F.3d 1110, 1131 (11th Cir.2004) (construing defendant’s claim that the District Court lacked jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 as an attack on the sufficiency of the evidence); United States v. Key, 76 F.3d 350, 353 (11th Cir.1996) (“Whether the government proved [a] jurisdictional element is measured as a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.”); see also United States v. McQueen, 727 F.3d 1144, 1152 (11th Cir.2013) (“But, as we see it, ‘any matter within the jurisdiction’ is merely a jurisdictional element, for which no mens rea is required.”). Thus we analyze this issue using the standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence claims.