Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 26, 1985, 85-1047 (United States v. Michael Roland Roy)

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (the “Agreement”), 18 U.S.C. app. pp. 545-48 (1982), provides a mechanism by which a prosecutor in one jurisdiction, the “[receiving [s]tate,”

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art. 11(c), may secure the presence of a prisoner who is serving a sentence in another jurisdiction, the “[sjending [sjtate,”

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