No. 25A376
Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro v. Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara
Tags: child-custody circuit-split hague-convention international-law parental-abduction supreme-court-review
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Supreme Court should recognize a circuit split regarding the interpretation of the Hague Convention's provisions on child custody and international parental child abduction
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
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Docket Entries
2025-11-13
Application (25A376) referred to the Court.
2025-11-13
Application (25A376) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The motion of respondent for leave to file a supplemental appendix under seal is granted. The order heretofore entered by Justice Alito is vacated. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would grant the application.
2025-10-20
Reply of Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro in support of application submitted.
2025-10-20
Reply of applicant Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro filed.
2025-10-16
Response to application from respondent Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara and motion to file a supplemental appendix under seal filed. [at 4:07 p.m.]
2025-10-16
Affidavit of Service of Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara submitted.
2025-10-02
Order entered by Justice Alito: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant, it is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, case No. 24-10520, is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Thursday, October 16, 2025, by 4 p.m. (EDT).
2025-10-01
Application (25A376) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara
Jonathan Stuart Zaidins Hermann — Alston & Bird LLP, Respondent
Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro
Roger Clyfton Diseker — Duane Morris LLP, Petitioner