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Heath Richard Douglas v. Nancy Summers Douglas
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-1335 · judgment September 21, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction requires the return of not only a child who was wrongfully removed from the child’s habitual residence, but also a child who was wrongfully retained in a country other than that child’s habitual residence. The question presented is: In cases of wrongful retention, must a district court find a settled purpose to abandon a former habitual residence before concluding that a new habitual residence has arisen?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Liisa Renee Speaker
Speaker Law Firm, PLLC
For respondent
James Patrick Cunningham
Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C.
Proceedings
- Apr 04 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 16 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
- Mar 11 2022Reply of petitioner Heath Douglas filed.
- Mar 02 2022Brief of respondent Nancy Summers Douglas in opposition filed.
- Jan 27 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 2, 2022)
- Dec 29 2021Application (21A278) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 3, 2022.
- Dec 20 2021Application (21A278) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2021 to February 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.