Fernandez v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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• holding that habeas corpus review is available in extradition proceedings only to examine whether (1) the magistrate had jurisdiction, (2) the offense is covered by the governing treaty, and (3
• holding that habeas corpus is available only to inquire whether the magistrate had jurisdiction, whether the offense charged is within the extradition treaty, and whether there was any evidence warranting the finding that there was reasonable ground to believe the accused guilty
• stating that the district court’s review “is not a means for rehearing what the magistrate already has decided”
• stating that the district court's review \is not a means for rehearing what the magistrate already has decided\
• observing that competent evidence of reasonable grounds is not necessarily evidence competent to convict
• stating that “habeas corpus is available only to inquire whether the magistrate had jurisdiction, whether the offense charged is within the treaty and ... whether there was any evidence warranting the finding that there was reasonable ground to believe the accused guilty”

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