Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 2000No. 98-4109PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether a district court has subject matter jurisdiction to entertain habeas corpus relief for a foreign sentence of a United States citizen, who is serving the foreign sentence in the United States pursuant to treaty transfer. The district judge granted habeas relief and reduced the foreign sentence. We reverse and remand for dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
In July, 1995, petitioner-appellee and United States citizen, William Bishop, was convicted by a Bahamian court of conspiracy to possess with intent to supply 1,956 pounds of marijuana. He…
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