NTAKIRUTIMANA v. RENO

No. 98-41597.

184 F.3d 419 (1999)

Elizaphan NTAKIRUTIMANA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States; Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State of the United States; Juan Garza, Sheriff of Webb County, Texas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey D. Clark, Lawrence W. Schilling, New York City, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sara Paul Criscitelli, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Donald Francis Donovan, Paul Bradley O'Neill, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Amicus Curiae.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Elizaphan Ntakirutimana appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition that challenged the district court's grant of a second request for surrender. He alleges that the district court erred because (1) the Constitution of the United States requires an Article II treaty for the surrender of a person to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR" or "Tribunal"),1 (2) the request...

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