Jackson v. Clements, No. 15-1145 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseJackson was serving an 18-month sentence in Illinois when he was extradited to Wisconsin to face charges of identity theft. In Wisconsin, Jackson sought habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241 challenging the extradition. Jackson’s petition argued that Wisconsin lacked authority to prosecute him because the extradition was invalid, in that he was transferred to Wisconsin before a scheduled hearing in Illinois on the validity of the warrant, in violation of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, which both Illinois and Wisconsin have adopted. The district court denied Jackson’s petition, finding that he had not shown any “special circumstances” necessitating relief before exhausting state remedies. The court noted that Jackson had been convicted on the Wisconsin charges, was currently serving a sentence there, and could pursue his claims on appeal or in a post-conviction petition. The Seventh Circuit vacated with instructions to dismiss. Jackson was no longer a pre-trial detainee when the district court ruled on the merits of his petition, so relief under section 2241 was no longer available to him.
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