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· 12/8/1983

Salome Bara Arnbjornsdottir-Mendler, Appellant/plaintiff v. United States of America, Appellee/defendant

Citations

  • 721 F.2d 679
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 14683

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding the accused's extradition \[i]n light of Iceland's outstanding human rights record and [the accused's] uncorroborated prediction or maltreatment\
  • upholding the accused’s extradition ”[i]n light of Iceland’s outstanding human rights record and [the accused's] uncorroborated prediction or maltreatment”
  • upholding the accused's extradition \[i]n light of Iceland's outstanding human rights record and [the accused's] uncorroborated prediction or maltreatment\
  • finding 9|| that a humanitarian exception “has yet to be employed in an extradition case”
  • “In light of Iceland’s outstanding human rights’ record and appellant’s uncorroborated prediction of maltreatment, the district court had no obligation to hold an evidentiary hearing to consider the claim.”
  • treaty between the United States and Denmark applied to Iceland after Iceland had declared its independence from Denmark

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Judges: Fletcher, Nelson, Cordova

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