Walter L. Hayward v. Chesley H. Looney, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas

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• noting that the first sovereign with custody determines whether jurisdiction and custody shall be retained or surrendered
• “Ifthe prisoner has violated the law of both sovereigns, he is subject to prosecution by both and he may not complain of or choose the manner or order in which each sovereign proceeds against him’
• interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 3568, a recodification of 709a

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