U.S. attorney objects to Greene County man’s extradition appeal
Federal prosecutors objected today to a last-minute petition to avoid extradition for Dylan Ryan Johnson, the Nemacolin man accused of a 2003 murder in Mexico, because the extradition has already occurred.
A response to that petition, filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nelson P. Cohen, argued that Johnson is currently in custody in Mexico, and since the U.S. has no authority over the officers of the Mexican judicial system, the court would not be able to enforce any orders or rulings there.
Court records indicate that Johnson was taken to Mexico Dec. 14, but the petition to avoid that extradition was not filed until Dec. 17.
For more details, see Wednesday’s Herald-Standard.