Alan Howard Blair v. United States

972 F.2d 1337 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alan Howard BLAIR, Petitioner-Appellant., v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-55057. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 2, 1992. * Decided July 22, 1992. 1 Before D.W. NELSON and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNCH ** , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Alan Blair, proceeding pro se, appeals the denial of his § 2255 petition. Appellant was convicted of two of the seven charges of fraud contained in his 1984 indictment. Appellant was extradited from Great Britain to face only those two counts and not the remaining five. Appellant contends that he was in fact tried on not only the first two counts, but the remaining ones as well, in violation of the Rule of Specialty. 4 The Rule of Specialty prohibits a requesting nation from prosecuting an extradited individual for any offense other than that for which the surrendering state agreed to extradite.…