No. 24-550
Tahawwur Hussain Rana v. W. Z. Jenkins, II
Tags: circuit-split criminal-law double-jeopardy extradition-treaty international-law treaty-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2025-01-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the term 'offense' in the double jeopardy provision of extradition treaties refers to underlying conduct or elements of crimes
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the term “offense” in the double jeopardy provision of the United States-India extradition treaty and many other extradition treaties refers to the conduct underlying the charges in the two countries, as the Second Circuit has held, or to the elements of the crimes charged, as the Fourth Circuit has held and as the Ninth Circuit held in this case.
Docket Entries
2025-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
2024-12-23
Reply of Tahawwur Hussain Rana submitted.
2024-12-23
Reply of petitioner Tahawwur Hussain Rana filed.
2024-12-16
Brief of Jenkins II, W.Z. in opposition submitted.
2024-12-16
Brief of respondent Jenkins II, W.Z. in opposition filed.
2024-12-16
Brief of respondent W.Z. Jenkins, II in opposition filed.
2024-11-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)
Attorneys
Jenkins II, W.Z.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent