Legal Opinion
Alabama v. Engler
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1996No. 94-2436PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Batchelder, J.,
JONES, J. (pp. 1210-11), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
The State of Alabama seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the Governor of Michigan, John M. Engler, to extradite an escaped felon, Phillip Chance, who has been living in Michigan under a gubernatorial grant of “asylum” for the last fourteen years. In the district court, Engler successfully defended the action by arguing that the grant of “asylum,” however erroneous, was a final state determination of the merits of Chance’s case, and therefore deserves full faith and credit. For the reasons that follow, we…
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