MIGUEL SALERNO, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES

9th Cir. | 1989-06-29
No. 89-15646
Before BEEZER and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
878 F.2d 317 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1989)

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Holding

The court held that the appellant did not demonstrate special circumstances justifying bail pending appeal of an extradition certification denial.


Facts & Procedural History

The appellant was certified as extraditable to Australia and subsequently denied bail pending appeal. He moved for bail pending appeal, arguing he was…

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Opinion of the Court

Miguel Salerno appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenges the magistrate’s order certifying him extraditable to Australia. On May 4, 1989, the district court denied Salerno’s motion for bail pending appeal. He now moves this court for bail pending appeal.

There is a presumption against bail in an extradition case and only “special circumstances” will justify bail. Wright v. Henkel, 190 U.S. 40, 63, 23 S.Ct. 781, 787, 47 L.Ed. 948 (1903); Hu Yau-Leung v. Soscia, 649 F. 2d 914, 920 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 971, 102 S.Ct. 519, 70 L.Ed.2d 389 (1981). Examples of such circumstances include the raising of substantial claims upon which the appellant has a high probability of success, a serious deterioration of health while incarcerated, and unusual delay in the appeal process. See Aronson v. May, 85 S.Ct. 3, 5, 13 L.Ed.2d 6 (1964); United States v. Williams, 611 F. 2d 914, 915 (1st Cir.1979); Galante v. Warden, 573 F. 2d 707, 708 (2d Cir.1977).

Salerno has not demonstrated that he is entitled to release under this stan dard. Instead, he contends that because he is not a flight risk, he is entitled to bail pending the appeal of the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. That is not the criteria for release in an extradition case. Kamrin v. United States, 725 F. 2d 1225, 1228 (9th Cir.1984). We therefore deny his motion for bail pending appeal.


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