UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ-MACHAIN

No. 90-50459.

946 F.2d 1466 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Humberto ALVAREZ-MACHAIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Deferred April 8, 1991.

Resubmitted July 22, 1991.

Decided October 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew G. McBride, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul L. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Robert K. Steinberg, Law Offices of Robert K. Steinberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Charles L. Hobson, Crim. Justice Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., Ellen L. Lutz, American Watch, Los Angeles, Cal., John P. Mandler, Minnesota Lawyers Intern. Human Rights Committee, Minneapolis, Minn., David Westin, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., Ruth Wedgwood, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New Haven, Conn., for amicus.

Before GOODWIN and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The Government appeals the district court's judgment of dismissal. We affirm. See United States v. Verdugo Urquidez, 939 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir.1991).

Verdugo held that the forcible abduction of a Mexican national from Mexico by agents of the United States without the consent or acquiescence of the Mexican government violates the 1980 Extradition Treaty between the United States and Mexico. 939 F.2d at...

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