HOOKER v. KLEIN

No. 76-3727.

573 F.2d 1360 (1978)

Robert Montgomery HOOKER, Appellant-Petitioner, v. Frank X. KLEIN, United States Marshal, N.D. of California, Appellee-Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia A. Wilken, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for appellant-petitioner.

Murray R. Stein (argued), of U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee-respondent.

Before CHAMBERS and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


KELLEHER, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a finding of extraditability and order of commitment entered by the district court on September 21, 1976. While the appeal is taken from the denial of habeas corpus relief, the various issues raised herein bear upon the legality of appellant's extradition proceedings.

In March of 1975, the Canadian government requested from the United States extradition...

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