sovereign-intent

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-6638 Israel C. Isbell v. Steven Merlak, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure comity custody-transfer due-process inmate-rights inmate-transfer jurisdictional-comity presumption-of-intent primary-custody primary-jurisdiction sentencing-rights sovereign-intent sovereign-jurisdiction transfer-of-custody waiver-intent At what point is a sovereign's intent to waive primary jurisdiction assessed, and how is that intent assessed?