Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Court had jurisdiction to decide a canton-to-canton extradition request under the Federal Extradition Act when the requested person protested.
Solution extraite
The Federal Court was not competent at this stage; the matter had first to be decided by the Ticino cantonal government.
Motifs extraits
Under Arts. 9 and 10 of the Federal Extradition Act, the Federal Court may be seized only if extradition is refused or if there is a dispute over which canton should act first. Objections by the requested person must be raised before the cantonal government addressed by the request. The Federal Court’s role is therefore limited to reviewing a refusal of extradition, not to deciding the protest directly.