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Andrew Charles Nisbet v. Spirit Rose Bridger
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-3877 · judgment December 20, 2024
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 applies only when children are removed from their country of habitual residence. The question presented is: W het her t he Convent ion aut hor i z e s a determination that children who have lived for several years in the same residence in the same country have no habitual residence in that country or any other country and therefore have no protection against international child abduction under the Convention.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeremy David Morley
The Law Office of Jeremy D. Morley
For respondent
Katrina Anne Seipel
Buckley Law, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 21 2025Brief of respondent Spirit Rose Bridger in opposition filed.
- Jul 21 2025Response to motion from petitioner Andrew Charles Nisbet filed.
- Jul 16 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 22, 2025.
- Jul 15 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 23, 2025 to August 22, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 23 2025Response Requested. (Due July 23, 2025)
- Jun 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
- May 08 2025Brief amicus curiae of International Academy of Family Lawyers filed.
- Apr 25 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 29, 2025)