Rana

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TAHAWWUR HUSSAIN RANA, No. 23-1827 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 2:23-cv-04223-

DSF

v.

W.Z. JENKINS II, OPINION

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 5, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed August 15, 2024

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and BRIDGET S. BADE, Circuit Judges, and SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

* The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging a magistrate judge’s certification of Rana as extraditable to India for his alleged participation in terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Under the limited scope of habeas review of an extradition order, the panel held that Rana’s alleged offense fell within the terms of…