The custoy and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González (born December 1993), were at the center of a heated controversy in 2000 involving the Cuban and United States governments, his father, his Miami and Cuban relatives, and the Cuban American community of Miami. However, after the Miami relatives' appeals met several rejections by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, and a refusal to hear the case by the U.S. Supreme Court, Elián González returned to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González, on June 28, 2000.