extradition-treaty

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5906 Alfredo Ramon Cerda v. W. Z. Jenkins, II, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights extradition-treaty international-law mexico-us-relations speedy-trial treaty-interpretation Whether the government is prohibited from extraditing a person to Mexico under Article 7 of the U.S. Mexico Extradition Treaty, when the prosecution f…
25-5332 Francisco Melgar Cabrera v. Christian Lepe, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act detention-review extradition-treaty federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation WHETHER: EXTRADITION TREATY VIOLATIONS ARE COGNIZABLE UNDER 28 USC §2241(c)(3) RATHER THAN UNDER §2255(a); A PERSON HELD IN CUSTODY IN VIOLATION OF A…
24-550 Tahawwur Hussain Rana v. W. Z. Jenkins, II Ninth Circuit 2024-11-15 Denied circuit-split criminal-law double-jeopardy extradition-treaty international-law treaty-interpretation Whether the term 'offense' in the double jeopardy provision of extradition treaties refers to underlying conduct or elements of crimes
23-7203 Vladimir Blasko v. Lasha Boyden, Acting United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court-role extradition extradition-treaty foreign-state-law judicial-interpretation requesting-state-law statute-of-limitations treaty-interpretation treaty-obligations treaty-provisions When must a district court interpret and apply a requesting state's statute of limitations in an extradition proceeding?
22-453 Hyuk Kee Yoo, aka Keith Yoo v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived extradition-proceedings extradition-treaty individual-liberty judicial-discretion judiciary-role limitations-provisions statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent treaty-interpretation Whether interpreting Article 6 of the U.S.-South Korea Extradition Treaty as a discretionary issue for the Secretary of State conflicts with Supreme C…
22-5295 Nizar Trabelsi, aka Nizar Ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi, aka Abu Qa'Qa v. United States District of Columbia 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-prosecution due-process extradition-treaty foreign-court-rulings judicial-deference ministerial-determination prior-prosecution willful-blindness Whether a trial court should defer to a foreign nation's determination of an extradition treaty violation or make its own findings
21-1378 Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied Response Waived compulsory-process due-process extradition-treaty pretrial-restraints right-to-counsel sovereign-immunity standing standing-doctrine Whether individuals have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty
20-5556 Genaro Edgar Espinosa Dorantes v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied IFP §2254-case civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extradition extradition-treaty habeas-corpus language-barrier mexican-national Did the District Court Err Or Abuse Its Discretion in a § 2254 case When It Denied Equitable Tolling To A Mexican National, Unable To Speak Or Underst…
19-394 Sergio Mejia-Duarte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process extradition-treaty fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence fre-403 fre-404(b) hearsay-evidence international-extradition international-law treaty unrelated-murder Whether a crucial mandate of the international extradition treaty was violated
18-542 John E. Hamilton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response Waived charging criminal-procedure defendant-standing due-process extradition extradition-treaty international-law punishment rule-of-specialty sentencing standing treaty treaty-interpretation Whether an individual defendant has standing to assert a rule of specialty violation