LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises the question whether a federal court in an asylum state may entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus challenging detention by the asylum state on a warrant of extradition on the allegation that the conviction in the demanding state was obtained in violation of the applicant's constitutional rights — here lack of counsel at trial. We affirm the district court's dismissal of the writ.
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