CAPLAN v. VOKES

No. 79-2662.

649 F.2d 1336 (1981)

Gerald Joseph CAPLAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas R. VOKES, in his capacity as United States Marshal, and Alexander M. Haig, United States Secretary of State, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Buehler, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert A. Pallemon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for respondents-appellees.

Before NELSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Gerald Joseph Caplan appeals from a district court order denying habeas corpus relief in an international extradition proceeding. The United Kingdom seeks Caplan's extradition on 60 charges accusing Caplan and others of theft, forgery, and false accounting in the management of a collapsed London financial firm. In the original extradition proceeding, the district judge, sitting as a committing magistrate under 18 U.S.C. § 3184,

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