Shack v. Warden of Graterford Prison

OPINION

LUONGO, Chief Judge.

Shortly after commencement of his fifteen to twenty year prison term at New Jersey’s Rahway State Prison, relator Murray Shack received formal notice that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had requested his presence for prosecution on unrelated offenses. Without the benefit of a hearing to determine the validity of Pennsylvania’s summons, Shack was then extradited to Pennsylvania where he was tried and convicted of robbery and conspiracy. Now claiming that his right to a pre-transfer hearing under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) was violated, relator…