A man can be extradited to Greece to face murder charges, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in concluding that a district judge erred by exceeding her “power to review” alleged flaws in the Greek indictment. The circuit has stressed that courts may only inquire to “ensure that the requirements of the applicable extradition treaty have been satisfied.”Visit International News

Famed slugger Barry Bonds was sentenced Friday to two years’ probation and 30 days of house arrest for obstruction of justice, but U.S. District Judge Susan Illston stayed the sentence, pending Bonds’ appeal. Illston cited four reasons from the pre-sentencing report to downgrade the sentence from guidelines.

U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin talks about the role of humor in the courtroom.

In early October, Fannie Mae’s conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, asked a Washington federal judge for a stay in a securities class action against the mortgage giant.

The Federal Circuit has declined an opportunity to revisit its seminal 1998 ruling on appellate review of claim reconstruction. A split decision by the full circuit denied rehearing of a case involving review of a district judge’s decision on the definition of patent claims.