Sandoval Delgado v. Diaz Marquez

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 WILFRIDO SANDOVAL DELGADO, Case No. 23-cv-05141-VKD

9 Petitioner,

FINDINGS OF FACT AND

10 v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

11 VERANIA DIAZ MARQUEZ, Respondent. 12

13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Petitioner Wilfrido Sandoval Delgado filed this petition pursuant to the Hague Convention 15 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670 (“Hague 16 Convention”),1 against respondent Verania Diaz Marquez, seeking the return of their son, JASD, 17 to Mexico.2 Dkt. No. 1. Mr. Sandoval asserts that Ms. Diaz wrongfully removed JASD from his 18 habitual residence in Mexico and that he is entitled to JASD’s return pursuant to Article 3 of the 19 Hague Convention. Id. 20 In advance of trial, the parties agreed, and the Court found, that Mr. Sandoval has 21 established the elements of his case for return of JASD under Article 3. Specifically, the 22 following facts are not disputed: (1) respondent Ms. Diaz removed…