William D. Dalsen , Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Margaret A. Dale and Lucy Wolf , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae Sanctuary for Families, Legal Momentum, Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, Family Violence Appellate Project, Joan S. Meier, Lawyers Committee Against Domestic Violence, Legal Voice, Merle H. Weiner, Sexual Violence Law Center, and Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Angela Vigil , Baker & McKenzie LLP, Miami, Florida; David Zaslowsky , Nicole Ford , Debra Dandeneau , and Kirsten Jackson , Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae National Association of Social Workers, Pamela Krasner, Dr. Stephanie Brandt, Dr. Marie Rudden, Professor Evan Stark, and Professor Jeffrey L. Edleson.
Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff, District Judge.
OPINION
RAKOFF, District Judge:
This case concerns the balance between expeditiously adjudicating a petition for return of an abducted child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("the Convention") and thoroughly assessing allegations of domestic violence to determine whether return would subject...
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