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· 3/21/1997

U.S.A. Ex Rel. Lolita Saroop v. Jesus A. Garcia. Lolita Saroop

Citations

  • 109 F.3d 165
  • 36 V.I. 353
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 5343
  • 1997 WL 127158

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting, in considering the validity of an extradition treaty, that “the United States recorded the ... treaty in the U.S. State Department’s ‘Treaties in Force’ publication”
  • finding indicative of Trinidad and Tobago’s recognition of the relevant treaty that Trinidad and Tobago “surrendered Saroop to the United States under a diplomatic request premised on the [treaty]”
  • invoking comity to defer to foreign court on validity of extradition treaty absent assertion that foreign state failed to follow regular judicial proceedings, engaged in prejudicial or fraudulent practices, or refused to extend deference to United States’ judicial findings

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Judges: McKEE, Nygaard, Scirica

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