Boyden

Martinez Santoyo v. Boyden

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130 F.4th 784
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 11, 202524-1967California2,785 words

Opinion

Opinion

I. BACKGROUND

In January 2014, a judge in Mexico issued an arrest warrant for intentional aggravated homicide alleging that one month earlier, Santoyo shot a man twice in the head after a heated argument. In November 2018, Mexico requested that the United States provisionally arrest Santoyo. In accordance with the governing extradition treaty, the United States filed a complaint in the Eastern District of California in August 2021, seeking a provisional arrest of Santoyo with a view towards extradition. Santoyo was arrested on May 12, 2022, and he remained in custody until November 4, 2022, when he was released on bail pending resolution of his extradition proceedings.

1 Santoyo also argues that the district court erred in upholding the extradition court’s finding of probable cause, excluding a forensic report, and denying his motion to compel certain discovery. We address these arguments in a concurrently filed memorandum disposition, in which we affirm. In July 2022, Mexico formally requested Santoyo’s extradition for aggravated intentional homicide. Accompanying this request were the 2014 arrest warrant, eyewitness statements, a police investigative report, and an autopsy…

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