PADILLA v. TROXELL

No. 16-1979.

850 F.3d 168 (2017)

Xochitl Jazmin Velasco PADILLA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe Richard TROXELL, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kelly Ann Powers , MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Christopher George Michel , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen J. Cullen , Leah M. Hauser , Rachel N. Mech , MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Erin E. Murphy , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Harris joined.


Petitioner-Appellant Xochitl Jazmin Velasco Padilla ("Petitioner") appeals the district court's denial of her petition for the return of her now five-year-old child J.V. ("Child"), after Respondent-Appellee Joe Richard Troxell ("Respondent") took Child to the United States. Petitioner filed her petition under the Hague Convention...

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