SANTOS v. THOMAS

No. 12-56506.

830 F.3d 987 (2016)

Jose Luis Munoz SANTOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Linda R. THOMAS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Larsen (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Hilary L. Potashner , Federal Public Defender; Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Mark R. Yohalem (argued) and Aron Ketchel , Assistant United States Attorneys; Robert E. Dugdale , Chief, Criminal Division; Eileen M. Decker , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Jennifer Pasquarella , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Steven M. Watt , Human Rights Program, ACLU Foundation, New York, New York; Melissa Hooper , Human Rights First, New York, New York; Baher Azmy , Center For Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch.

William J. Aceves , California Western School of Law, San Diego, California; Robert E. Kohn , Kohn Law Group, Santa Monica, California; for Amicus Curiae Juan E. Méndez, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.

Dissent by Judge Callahan


OPINION

Jose Luis Munoz Santos ("Munoz"), appeals the district court's denial of habeas relief from a magistrate judge's order certifying Munoz's extradition to Mexico on charges of kidnapping.1 In his extradition hearing, Munoz sought to introduce...

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