Freedom of Information Act Request Illuminates Use of Deportation as Alternative to Extradition

On March 5, 2007, a magistrate in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted summary judgment to the U.S. government in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought by an individual deported by Romania to the U.S. in October 2000. The case, Michael Garvey v. U.S. Department of Justice, provides insight into the use of deportation as an alternative to extradition by the U.S. and foreign governments...