Legal Opinion
In Re John Demjanjuk v. Honorable Edwin Meese, United States Attorney General, and Honorable George Shultz, Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 7, 1986No. 86-5097PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORK, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner John Demjanjuk seeks a writ of habeas corpus, an immediate hearing, and a stay of execution of an extradition warrant. Demjanjuk has been certified as extraditable to the State of Israel pursuant to an extradition treaty between the United States and Israel and is currently in the custody of United States Marshals, on behalf of the Attorney General of the United States, at a location unknown to his attorneys.
Demjanjuk claims that the Senate’s recent advice and consent to the ratification of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the…
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