Legal Opinion
Vincenzo Melia v. United States of America and William F. Smith, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 16, 1981No. 374, Docket 81-2267PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
The essential issue on this appeal is whether appellant was properly ordered extradited from the United States to Canada to face charges of conspiring to commit a murder and of procuring a murder. We hold that he was.
Appellant Vincenzo Melia is a citizen of Italy and a resident of Connecticut. On May 16, 1981 he was arrested by FBI agents pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by a United States Magistrate in Connecticut. This warrant was issued pursuant to a formal request by Canada to the United States that Melia be extradited under the Treaty on Extradition between the…
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