Hawaii Judge Clears Way For Criminal Defendant’s Extradition To Tribe

(April 13, 2023, 10:19 AM EDT) -- WAILUKU, Hawaii — A man wanted on criminal charges by an Arizona Native American tribe can be extradited by Hawaii at the request of the tribe, a Hawaiian judge ruled in denying a motion to dismiss the extradition proceeding filed by the now-incarcerated man, who argued that the tribe is neither a state not a federal territory under Hawaii’s extradition law....