United States v. Castaneda-Castillo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding little risk of flight when there was “no evidence in the record that [the fugitive] has ties anywhere else” except the United States, where he was living, and Peru, where the alleged crimes occurred
• ordering release on bail pending extradition hearing where extraditee experienced five- year delay, extraditee’s asylum petition was pending, and extraditee “raised serious issues” with extradition related to the political nature of his prosecution in Peru
• “In light of the special circumstances described above, this court must determine whether [the defendant] poses a serious risk of flight or danger to the community.”
• former Peruvian military officer, charged with crimes arising out of conflict with Shining Path revolutionary group, who had claimed asylum and already been imprisoned for years in immigration proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).