Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Extradition of John Edward Burt to the Federal Republic of Germany
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 1984No. 83-2722PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant John Burt appeals from a judgment of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3), thus permitting petitioner’s scheduled extradition to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) where he is to stand trial for murder. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
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On March 21, 1965, a West German cab driver, Kurt Pfeuffer, was murdered on the outskirts of Schweinfurt, West Germany. Shortly thereafter, petitioner and another serviceman, Moyer Plaster, who were then stationed with…
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