Legal Opinion

Eylem Tok v. Michael Nessigner, Warden

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided January 14, 2026No. 1:25-cv-00371Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND ) EYLEM TOK, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 25-cv-371-MRD-PAS ) MICHAEL NESSIGNER, Warden, ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Melissa R. DuBose, United States District Judge. Petitioner Eylem Tok is fighting extradition to Türkiye after she and her son fled the country just hours after he was involved in a fatal car accident in Istanbul on March 1, 2024. Tok’s extradition was certified to the Secretary of State by Chief Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell of the District of Massachusetts on February 11, 2025 when he issued an…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Medellin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. Abbott v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Fernandez v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Collins v. LoiselSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  5. Collins v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

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