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Natalia Mikhaylovna Bardakova v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-2038 · judgment July 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a court may refuse to consider a foreign national defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment based on the fugitive disentitlement doctrine where the foreign defendant was at home abroad upon being criminally charged and has merely remained at home abroad without concealment or evasion.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert J. Anello
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 21 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 15 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2026)