Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority of limitations for this charge was not expected to expire until 2020. Swedish authorities interviewed Assange on this allegation in November 2016. On 19 May 2017, the Swedish chief prosecutor applied to the Stockholm District Court to rescind the arrest warrant for Julian Assange, effectively ceasing their investigation against Julian Assange. The case may be reinstated until the expiration of the statute of limitations. Additionally, Britain's arrest warrant pertaining to bail violations remains open. In 2013, Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition but the english Crown Prosecution Service dissuaded them from doing so. Assange presented himself to the Metropolitan Police
UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 US citizens have been extradited from the US to the UK under this treaty for crimes committed while the person was in the US. The US-UK Extradition Treaty 2003 was first sent to the US Senate for approval in April 2004. But another component of the controversy noted above was a result of the delay of the US in ratifying it into US law. Baroness Scotland, UK Minister of State for the Criminal Justice System at the Home Office, travelled to the US on Thursday 13 July 2006 to address this problem. This move was prompted by political criticism of