Malachy Edward Mannion — judge journal: record, career & affiliations — IJR

Malachy Edward Mannion — judge journal: record, career & affiliations — IJR

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In Re Extradition of Harshbarger
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2009-03-04
The case involves the United States' request for the extradition of Mary Beth Harshbarger to Canada under the US-Canada extradition treaty and 18 U.S.C. § 3184, based on charges of criminal negligence causing death and careless use of a firearm stemming from a 2006 hunting incident where she fatally shot her husband, mistaking him for a bear. The court reviewed evidence including Canadian investigation reports, witness statements, and reenactments indicating poor lighting conditions at the time of the shooting. The court determined that there is sufficient evidence to support extradition and ordered Harshbarger committed to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending surrender to Canadian authorities.
criminal lawprocedure
In Re the Extradition of Harshbarger
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2009-01-06 · cited 1×
The case involves the United States, acting on behalf of Canada, filing an ex parte complaint seeking the extradition of American citizen Mary Beth Harshbarger to face Canadian charges of criminal negligence causing death and careless use of a firearm, stemming from a 2006 hunting incident in Newfoundland where she fatally shot her husband after mistaking him for a bear. The complaint requested interim relief in the form of an arrest warrant under 18 U.S.C. § 3184 to bring her before the court for an extraditability hearing. The court determined that an arrest warrant was unnecessary and instead ordered that a summons be issued and served by the U.S. Marshal. The core reasoning was that review of the U.S.-Canada extradition treaty and protocols, along with the facts that Harshbarger is a U.S. citizen who did not flee and that Canada did not invoke the treaty's provisional arrest provision for urgent cases, supported use of a summons rather than arrest at this stage.
criminal lawprocedurefederal power
Rahemtulla v. Hassam
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008-03-24 · cited 26×
This case involves a dispute over the formation and operation of a Pennsylvania restaurant partnership between plaintiff Alnoor Rahemtulla and defendant Nazim Hassam, in which Rahemtulla alleged that Hassam fraudulently induced him to invest $340,000 that was then misappropriated, along with related claims of breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, unjust enrichment, and others. The plaintiffs sought damages, rescission of partnership documents, and other relief, while the defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint and the plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment. The court applied Pennsylvania law after a choice-of-law analysis and granted the defendants' motion in part and denied it in part, while denying the plaintiffs' motion, primarily because several claims such as equitable fraud, misappropriation, and certain contract invalidation theories failed as a matter of law or were duplicative of other counts. The ruling turned on the absence of viable causes of action under governing precedents and the lack of evidence supporting unconscionability or other grounds for relief at the pleading and summary judgment stages.
business & regulatoryproceduretorts & liability
Reifer v. Colonial Intermediate Unit 20
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006-11-07 · cited 17×
In Re Search of the Scranton Housing Authority
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006-06-22 · cited 3×
Flanyak v. Hopta
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006-01-23 · cited 2×