The U.S. Supreme Court on May 19 temporarily blocked extradition proceedings against Indian citizen Monika Kapoor aimed at returning her to her home country where fraud charges are pending.
Extradition is the process under which a person is transferred by one country to another to face prosecution, or to begin serving a sentence after being convicted of a crime.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor placed on hold a March 26 extradition ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, “pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.”
Sotomayor’s order, called an administrative stay, gives the justices more time to consider Kapoor’s request to formally block the 2nd Circuit order. Sotomayor did not provide reasons for her decision….