United States v. Michael Diacolios

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, where the accused is a fugitive, the Government is not required to make “futile” efforts to find him
• “Indeed, we are aware of no case that holds that a formal request for extradition must be made before due diligence can be found to have existed.”
• due diligence does not require government to pursue that which is “futile”
• “Due diligence surely does not require the government to pursue that which is futile.”
• “[W]e are aware of 16 no case that holds that a formal request for extradition must be made before due diligence can be found to have existed. Due diligence surely does not require the government to pursue that which is futile.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).