The following excerpt is from Requested Extradition of Kirby, Matter of, 106 F.3d 855 (9th Cir. 1997):
The origins of the two procedures are different. So are their purposes. In habeas, a petitioner challenges the legality of his detention. Walters v. Maass, 45 F.3d 1355, 1357 (9th Cir.1995). Bail says nothing as to the legality of the confinement; it simply says that confinement is not necessary in order to assure the putative prisoner's presence at a trial or hearing or to prevent a danger to the community.
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