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Culculoglu v. Culculoglu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA
Aug 8, 2013
Case No.: 2:13-cv-00446-GMN-CWH (D. Nev. Aug. 8, 2013)

Summary

finding that a petition had acquiesced to removal when he had purchased his children's plane tickets to the United States, provided their mother with monthly support, and did not object when she rented a home and enrolled the children in school

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Opinion

Case No.: 2:13-cv-00446-GMN-CWH

08-08-2013

BURHAN CULCULOGLU, Petitioner, v. MICHELLE LEE CULCULOGLU, Respondent.


ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT &

RECOMMENDATION OF MAGISTRATE

JUDGE C. W. HOFFMAN, JR.

Before the Court for consideration is the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 35) of the Honorable C. W. Hoffman, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge, entered July 18, 2013.

Pursuant to Local Rule IB 3-2(a), objections were due by August 1, 2013. No objections have been filed. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule IB 1-4, the Court has reviewed the record in this case and has determined that Magistrate Judge Hoffman's Recommendation should be ACCEPTED.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Petitioner Burhan Culculoglu's Verified Complaint and Petition for Return of Children pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("Convention") (ECF No. 1) is hereby DENIED and the children shall remain in the custody of the Respondent Michelle Lee Culculoglu in Nevada.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner Burhan Culculoglu's request for travel expenses, attorney fees, and court costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 11607 is hereby DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

______________________

Gloria M. Navarro

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Culculoglu v. Culculoglu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA
Aug 8, 2013
Case No.: 2:13-cv-00446-GMN-CWH (D. Nev. Aug. 8, 2013)

finding that a petition had acquiesced to removal when he had purchased his children's plane tickets to the United States, provided their mother with monthly support, and did not object when she rented a home and enrolled the children in school

Summary of this case from Ambrioso v. Ledesma

denying requests for fees and costs in an analogous matter

Summary of this case from Green v. Green

In Culculoglu, the petitioner, who lived in Canada: 1) provided monthly support to his wife and children, who were living in the United States; 2) discussed homes his family could rent; and 3) helped his wife enroll the children in school in the United States. 2013 WL 4045905 at *3.

Summary of this case from Ambrioso v. Ledesma
Case details for

Culculoglu v. Culculoglu

Case Details

Full title:BURHAN CULCULOGLU, Petitioner, v. MICHELLE LEE CULCULOGLU, Respondent.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

Date published: Aug 8, 2013

Citations

Case No.: 2:13-cv-00446-GMN-CWH (D. Nev. Aug. 8, 2013)

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