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On July 2, 2019, the Honorable Jean Rosenbluth, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California, found clear and convincing evidence allowing for the release of relator Christopher Philip Ahn on conditions of extradition. A release pending hearing in an international extradition case is rare, due to the Court’s desire to fulfill treaty obligations. In this case[1] Ahn, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, was charged with participating in an armed attack on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid, Spain on February 22, 2019. A provisional arrest warrant was issued on April 11, 2019 by the Central Court of Investigation No. 5 in Madrid, Spain. Ahn was arrested in California on April 18, 2019. The Kingdom of Spain seeks his extradition pursuant to the Spain Extradition Treaty between the United States and Spain, signed January 25, 1975, and the supplementary treaties entered into thereafter.