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VALENZUELA v. MICHEL

No. 12-17205.

736 F.3d 1173 (2013)

Blanca Elisa Reyes VALENZUELA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Steve Louis MICHEL, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Haralambie , Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Scott Gan , Tucson, AZ, for Respondent-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge Noonan; Concurrence by Judge Reinhardt.

OPINION

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

We are tasked with deciding whether twin girls, now resident with their father in the United States, should be returned to their mother in Mexico. The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled that they should not. We affirm.

FACTS

In late 2006, Steve Michel and Blanca Reyes Valenzuela chose to live together in Nogales, Mexico. The twins were born in...

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