Legal Opinion
United States v. Craig Arthur Leitner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 21, 1986No. Docket 86-8009PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 627 F.Supp. 739, Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge, denying bail pending extradition to Israel. Leitner, a United States citizen, was arrested in Israel and charged with various acts of violence against Arabs in 1983-84. He was freed on bail after pledging to cooperate with the Israeli government. After apparently receiving death threats, but before trial, Leitner fled in September 1984 to the United States, where he had grown up. He has lived openly here for about IV2 years, he has a New York City…
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