No. 25-715
Masahide Kanayama v. Scott Kowal, Chief Pretrial Services Officer, Southern District of New York, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-procedure damage-calculation district-court dual-criminality extradition japanese-law
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Privacy
CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the District Court improperly relied on a hypothetical damage calculation to satisfy the dual criminality element in Dr. Kanayama's extradition certification
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether in certifying Dr. Masahide Kanayama’s extradition to Japan, the District Court for the Southern District of New York improperly relied on a hypothetical damage calculation to satisfy the element of dual criminality.
Docket Entries
2026-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Kowal, Scott to respond filed.
2025-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)
Attorneys
Kowal, Scott
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Masahibe Kanayama
Jeffrey Harris Lichtman — Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, Petitioner
Jeffrey Harris Lichtman — Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, Petitioner
Jeffrey Harris Lichtman — Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, Petitioner