COM. OF PUERTO RICO v. BRANSTAD

No. 85-1793.

787 F.2d 423 (1986)

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry E. BRANSTAD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge E. Perez Diaz, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brent P. Appel, Des Moines, Iowa, for defendants-appellees.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("appellant") appeals from a judgment entered May 22, 1985 in the Southern District of Iowa, Donald E. O'Brien, District Judge, denying appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Terry E. Branstad, the Governor of Iowa ("appellee"), to extradite Ronald Calder to Puerto Rico, and dismissing the complaint. In denying the petition and dismissing the complaint, the district court relied on Kentucky...

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