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MELIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 374, Docket 81-2267.

667 F.2d 300 (1981)

Vincenzo MELIA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and William F. Smith, Attorney General, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Edelbaum, New York City (Alan Scribner, and Fisher & Fraser, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Richard Blumenthal, U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn. (Richard D. Gregorie, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and TIMBERS and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

The essential issue on this appeal is whether appellant was properly ordered extradited from the United States to Canada to face charges of conspiring to commit a murder and of procuring a murder. We hold that he was.

Appellant Vincenzo Melia is a citizen of Italy and a resident of Connecticut. On May 16, 1981 he was arrested by FBI agents pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by a United States Magistrate in Connecticut. This warrant...

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