Federal Republic of Nigeria v VR Advisory Services Ltd - United States District Court Southern District of New York Case No 20 Misc. 209 (PAE) - Opinion and Order - 6 November 2020
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PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: Petitioners the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Honorable Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria (together, "Applicants"), initiated this matter as an ex parte petition for judicial assistance pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to conduct discovery for use in a foreign proceeding. Before the Court is a motion by VR Advisory Services Ltd., VR Advisory Services (USA) LLC, VR Global Onshore Fund, L.P., VR Argentina Recovery Onshore Fund II, L.P., Jeffrey Johnson, and Ashok Raju (together, "Respondents") to vacate the Court's order granting the application pursuant to § 1782 and to quash the subpoenas served on Respondents pursuant to that application. See Dkt. 10. For the following reasons, the Court grants Respondents' motion and vacates the Court's earlier order authorizing such discovery.