Someone will tell you to stop fighting extradition because you will serve the sentence at home. That sentence can be careful policy or reckless oral theater. Under DOJ rules for international prisoner transfers, prosecutors may recommend or not oppose a transfer, but binding promises sit with OIA. Linking transfer to extradition consent is generally disfavored and needs OIA approval when a USAO wants to try it. Unlike other law firms more focused on their relationship with prosecutors, we owe loyalty to only YOU. When you reach out to our law firm, you start with an initial risk-free consultation. You can ask us anything you want. Call 212 300 5196 - attorney on call, 24/7.
What JM 9-35 actually authorizes.
The Manual explains USAOs lack power to promise transfer orally or in writing as a guarantee. Discretion rests with the Attorney General's designee - OIA for these purposes. A promise that outruns that structure is a defective product. Consent built on a defective product is how people board planes with hope and land with nothing.
Recommend vs not oppose vs guarantee.
Wording is the case. Recommend is one thing. USAO will not oppose is another. The government will not oppose can overclaim and drag in agents who later object. Read every noun.
Why OIA often dislikes linkage to extradition.
DOJ guidance notes these linkages can strip discretionary authority, conflict with rehabilitative goals, and ignore later reasons to deny transfer that are not knowable at extradition time. If linkage is still pursued, OIA consult and approval come first.
Transfer eligibility is later.
Treaties, dual criminality for transfer, finality, remaining time to serve, and suitability reviews come after sentence realities exist. Extradition consent is now. Do not trade now-for-maybe without knowing the maybe.
Netherlands/Israel contexts are not your meme.
Limited country contexts appear in Manual discussions. Most defendants do not live there. Do not export exceptions by rumor. Unlike mills that recycle one speech for every country, we map netherlands/israel contexts are not your meme against your actual facts. This is a decision point on unknown where clients either keep leverage or give it away. For unknown, netherlands/Israel contexts are not your meme has to be sequenced with the rest of the file - not handled as a slogan.
Paper sequence before local waiver.
US counsel routes authorized language. Local consent waits. Tickets wait. That order is non-negotiable if loyalty runs to YOU rather than to the extradition calendar.