Papakosmas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DIMITRIS PAPAKOSMAS,  No. 05-55211 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-04-06726-

YVETTE PAPAKOSMAS, MMM

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed April 16, 2007

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Edward Leavy, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

4245 4248 PAPAKOSMAS v. PAPAKOSMAS

COUNSEL

Adair Dyer, Austin, Texas, argued the cause and filed a brief for the plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth Briceño-Velasco, Arcadia, California, argued the cause and filed a brief for the defendant-appellee. Vincent W. Davis, Arcadia, California, was also on the brief.

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the children of Dimitris and Yvette Papakosmas were habitual residents of Greece within PAPAKOSMAS v. PAPAKOSMAS 4249 the meaning of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects…