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LOPEZ-SMITH v. HOOD

No. 96-17091.

121 F.3d 1322 (1997)

Aron LOPEZ-SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert HOOD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria A. Brambl, Federal Public Defender, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert L. Miskell (argued), and E. David Reyes (on the briefs), Assistant United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: SNEED and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WALLACH, International Trade Judge.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This case raises several issues of the law of extradition. Most notably, the question arises whether mental deficiencies which would render a person incapable of standing trial entitle him to deferral of extradition.

FACTS

Mexico sought extradition of Lopez-Smith, for murder. Magistrate Judge Raymond Terlizzi, after careful consideration, certified that he was extraditable. Lopez-Smith was charged with murder in Mexico....

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