Valdez Diaz v. Espinoza Reyna

Filing 38

ORDER DISMISSING VERIFIED COMPLAINT, APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND RETAINING JURISDICTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - Consequently, the Court rules as follows: 1. The Settlement agreement reached by the Parties is approved by the Court; 2. The Verified Complaint is dismissed; 3. The Court Orders the Parties to abide by the Settlement Agreement; 4. The Clerk of Court shall release the Respondent's travel documents to her counsel, Ashley Trankle forthwith; and 5. The Court retains jurisdiction of this matter solely for purposes of enforcing the settlement agreement. SO ORDERED. Ordered by Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. (TCL )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
Carlos Ernesto Valdez Diaz
Plaintiff/Petitioner,

Civil Action File No.: 8:14-cv-00149

v.
Consuelo Espinoza Reyna,
Defendant/Respondent.

ORDER DISMISSING VERIFIED COMPLAINT, APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND
RETAINING JURISDICTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
This matter came before the Honorable Richard G. Kopf on May 27, 2014 for a telephone
pre-hearing conference. Counsel for Plaintiff, Liliana Shannon and Marian Heaney, were
present. Counsel for Defendant, Ashley Trankle, was present. Kara Ronnau, the Guardian ad
Litem and Raul Guerra, stand-by counsel for Defendant were present.
Counsel for the Parties outlined the general terms of the settlement agreement. The Court
finds specifically that the terms and end result of the agreement, the return of the child to his
native country, is consistent with the Hague Convention under which the Verified Complaint was
filed. Consequently, the Court rules as follows:
1. The Settlement agreement reached by the Parties is approved by the Court;
2. The Verified Complaint is dismissed;
3. The Court Orders the Parties to abide by the Settlement Agreement;
4. The Clerk of Court shall release the Respondent’s travel documents to her
counsel, Ashley Trankle forthwith; and

5. The Court retains jurisdiction of this matter solely for purposes of enforcing the
settlement agreement.
SO ORDERED this 28th day of May, 2014, at 1:45 p.m.
BY THE COURT:
Richard G. Kopf
Senior United States District Judge