SLUSS v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 16-5373.

898 F.3d 1242 (2018)

Matthew SLUSS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFER UNIT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominique Rioux , Student Counsel, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of appellant. With her on the briefs were Erica Hashimoto , appointed by the court, and Benjamin Kurland , Student Counsel.

Matthew D. Sluss, pro se, Petersburg, VA, filed the briefs for appellant.

Jane M. Lyons , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. On the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence and Johnny H. Walker , Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Joshua L. Rogers , Trial Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: Rogers, Srinivasan, and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.


This appeal is before the court in an unusual procedural posture. Matthew Sluss is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, incarcerated in the United States upon conviction of a felony. He seeks a transfer under a treaty between the United States and Canada to a Canadian prison where his term of imprisonment would...

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