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Procedural Posture
This document is a Joint Stipulation submitted by Petitioner Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) and Respondents the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The parties jointly request a stay of P&ID’s Petition to Confirm an arbitral award dated January 31, 2017, pending the resolution of parallel set-aside proceedings in the English High Court of Justice.
Terms of the Stipulation
The parties agreed to stay the U.S. enforcement proceedings until fourteen days after the English High Court issues its judgment on Nigeria’s set-aside application, which is scheduled for trial in early 2023. As part of the negotiated stay, Nigeria is not required to provide security. In consideration for P&ID’s consent to the stay, Nigeria agreed to waive its right to file a Petition for Certiorari before the United States Supreme Court regarding the D.C. Circuit’s prior decision affirming the denial of Nigeria’s motion to dismiss.
Operative Directions
The stipulation mandates that the parties file joint status reports every ninety days to apprise the Court of the English proceedings. Furthermore, Nigeria’s written response to the enforcement petition will be due sixty days after the English High Court hands down its expected judgment.