The following excerpt is from In re Extradition of Bowman, Case No.: 19mj5089-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2020):
more in custody, even if he were not charged as an adult. See United States v. Juvenile, 347 F.3d 778, 784 (9th Cir. 2003) ("The maximum term of 'official detention' to which a juvenile may be sentenced is the lesser of the period until the juvenile turns twenty-one years old or the maximum that could be imposed under the United States Sentencing Guidelines." (citing 18 U.S.C. 5037(c))).
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