well what else can go wrong.

the reason for the delay was stated that the dpp had to get it right.

this has been a cock up from the start, the government does not want this bloke back here, as he will bring down the government in qld.
they have been trying to cover it up from the start.

Paperwork bungle delays Patel extradition effort.

EPEATED paperwork fumbling by the office of the Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions has set back the extradition of Dr Jayant Patel by at least 16 months.

US officials rejected the DPP's brief of evidence against the former Bundaberg surgeon at least six times between June 2, 2006, and October 2 last year because it failed to meet the country's standard of proof.
A Senate hearing has been told how Queensland repeatedly failed to show probable cause – the degree of proof needed to arrest a suspect.