Bowman
Bowman v. Stafford
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM MITCHELL BOWMAN, Case No.: 20-cv-2250-GPC-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
v. MOTION TO STAY PENDING
APPEAL
STEVEN C. STAFFORD, Acting United States Marshal for the Southern District of 15 California, 16 Defendants.
18 On January 14, 2022, Petitioner William Mitchell Bowman (“Petitioner”) filed a 19 Motion to Stay Surrender Pending Appeal. ECF No. 29. The Court set a briefing 20 schedule, and the parties fully briefed the issue. ECF Nos. 30, 33, 34. Having read and 21 considered the parties’ arguments, and for the reasons discussed below, the Court 22 HEREBY DENIES Petitioner’s Motion to Stay Pending Appeal. 23 24 25 26 27 I. BACKGROUND1 On November 19, 2019, the United States filed a Complaint pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3184, seeking Petitioner’s extradition to Scotland based on charges filed against Petitioner by the Scottish Procurator Fiscal of the Court for the Public Interest on April 16, 2015. In re Extradition of Bowman,…