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This legal document, a page from a court filing, analyzes the legal uncertainty surrounding the timing of nationality assessment for a defendant's extradition between the United States and France. It contrasts the government's position that nationality is determined at the time of the offense with the defendant's expert view that it's at the time of the extradition request. The document highlights that conflicting interpretations of the U.S.-France Extradition Treaty and French law create ambiguity that could frustrate or bar the extradition.

People (2)

Name Role Context
The Defendant Defendant
Subject of an extradition request, whose argument about the timing of nationality assessment is being discussed.
French legal expert Legal expert
An expert retained by the Defendant who argues that nationality is assessed at the time of the extradition request.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
The Court Judicial body
Mentioned as assessing the risks related to the defendant's potential renunciation of citizenship.
Ministry of Justice Government agency
A French government body whose translated letter provides an interpretation of Article 694-4 of the French Code of Cr...

Timeline (2 events)

1996-04-23
The Extradition Treaty between the United States and France was established.
An extradition request for the Defendant is being considered, with legal arguments presented regarding the timing of nationality assessment.

Locations (2)

Location Context
A party to the Extradition Treaty with France, mentioned in the context of its executive authority to surrender natio...
A party to the Extradition Treaty with the United States, whose legal code (French Code of Criminal Procedure) is bei...

Relationships (2)

United States International treaty France
The document discusses the "Extradition Treaty between the United States and France of April 23, 1996" and its application to a specific case.
The Defendant Legal The Court
The document outlines the legal arguments presented by the Defendant to the Court regarding an extradition request.

Key Quotes (3)

"[t]here is no obligation upon the Requested State to grant the extradition of a person who is a national of the Requested State, but the executive authority of the United States shall have the power to surrender a national of the United States if, in its discretion, it deems it proper to do so. The nationality of the person sought shall be the nationality of that person at the time the offense was committed."
Source
— Article 3(1) the Extradition Treaty between the United States and France of April 23, 1996 (Cited from the treaty to support the argument that nationality is determined at the time the offense was committed.)
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"Extradition shall not be granted . . . [w]hen the person claimed has French nationality, the latter being assessed at the time of the offense for which extradition is requested."
Source
— Article 694-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure (Cited from French law to support the argument that nationality is assessed at the time of the offense.)
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"When the individual claimed to have French citizenship, said citizenship having been assessed at the time of the offense on the basis of which removal is being requested."
Source
— Ministry of Justice (A translated reading of Article 694-4 from a letter, cited in a footnote to show a specific interpretation of the law.)
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