UNITED STATES v. BARR

No. 84-0943.

619 F.Supp. 1068 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America v. In the Matter of Extradition of James Gerard BARR A fugitive from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A.A. Pabarue, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for the Government.

Daniel P. McElhatton, Philadelphia, Pa., for Barr.


MEMORANDUM

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

This case poses a question rarely addressed in the context of an international request for extradition: whether the demanding country, through the United States government, has satisfied its burden of establishing that there is probable cause to believe James Gerard Barr committed attempted murder — the offense he is charged with in Northern Ireland.

For reasons described below, I conclude that this burden...

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