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This document is an Order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the enforcement proceedings between LLC SPS Stileks and the Republic of Moldova. The procedural posture involves the Petitioner's efforts to execute a previously entered judgment against the Respondent sovereign State under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).
The principal legal issue addressed was whether the Petitioner satisfied the statutory prerequisites for executing a judgment against a foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1610(c). The Court determined that the Respondent had received proper notice of the Court's prior judgment, entered on December 7, 2021. Furthermore, the Court concluded that a reasonable period of time had elapsed since the entry of that judgment, thereby fulfilling the statutory requirements for enforcement.
In its operative directions, the Court granted the Petitioner's Motion for an Order Authorizing Enforcement of Judgment, permitting the Petitioner to enforce the judgment against the Respondent in any manner consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 1610 and other applicable law. Additionally, the Court granted the Petitioner's Motion to Compel Production of Documents and Answers to Interrogatories, sustaining only an objection to request for production number 16.