The Joe Biden administration has urged a California court in US to reject the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana and has reiterated that he be extradited to India.

Rana is sought in India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. It was in the month of May, a US court approved Rana's extradition to India, who is  currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Los Angeles. It was on June 10, 2020, India had filed a complaint seeking the provisional arrest of Rana with a view towards extradition. The Biden Administration had supported and approved the extradition of Rana to India.