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____ In the Supreme Court of the United States STEVEN DONZIGER, THE LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN R. DONZIGER, DONZIGER &

ASSOCIATES, PLLC, and HUGO GERARDO CAMACHO NARANJO, Petitioners, v. CHEVRON CORPORATION, Respondent. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI DEEPAK GUPTA Counsel of Record JONATHAN E. TAYLOR MATTHEW SPURLOCK Gupta Wessler PLLC

1735 20th Street, NW Washington, DC

20009 (202) 888-1741 deepak@guptawessler.com Counsel for Petitioners March 27,

2017 -i- QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Do federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain preemptive collateral attacks on money judgments issued by foreign courts? 2. Does the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) authorize federal courts to issue injunctive relief to private parties? -ii- PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING Petitioners Steven Donziger, the Law Offices of Ste- ven R. Donziger, Donziger &

Associates, PLLC, and Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo were defendants in the district court and appellants in the Second Circuit. Chevron Corporation was a plaintiff in the district court and appellee in the Second Circuit. Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje was also a defendant in the district court and appellant in the Second Circuit, but is not a petitioner here. Stratus Consulting, Inc., Douglas Beltman, and Ann Maest were defendants-counter-claimants in the district court. Other defendants in the district court proceedings were Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, Luis Yanza, Frente De Defensa De La Amazonia aka Amazon Defense Front, Selva Viva Selviva CIA, LTDA, Maria Aguinda Salazar, Carlos Grefa Huatatoca, Catalina Antonia Aguinda Sala- zar, Lidia Alexandra Aguinda Aguinda, Patricio Alberto Chimbo Yumbo, Clide Ramiro Aguinda Aguinda, Luis Armando Chimbo Yumbo, Beatriz Mercedes Grefa Tan- guila, Lucio Enrique Grefa Tanguila, Patricio Wilson Aguinda Aguinda, Celia Irene Viveros Cusangua, Fran- cisco Matias Alvarado Yumbo, Francisco Alvarado Yum- bo, Olga Gloria Grefa Cerda, Lorenzo José Alvarado Yumbo, Narcisa Aida Tanguila Narváez, Bertha Antonia Yumbo Tanguila, Gloria Lucrecia Tanguila Grefa, Fran- cisco Victor Tanguila Grefa, Rosa Teresa Chimbo Tan- guila, José Gabriel Revelo Llore, María Clelia Reascos Revelo, María Magdalena Rodríguez Barcenes, José Miguel Ipiales Chicaiza, Heleodoro Pataron Guaraca, Luisa Delia Tanguila Narváez, Lourdes Beatriz Chimbo Tanguila, María Hortencia Viveros Cusangua, Segundo Angel Amanta Milán, Octavio Ismael Córdova Huanca, Elias Roberto Piyahuaje Payahuaje, Daniel Carlos Lusi- -iii- tande Yaiguaje, Benancio Fredy Chimbo Grefa, Guiller- mo Vicente Payaguaje Lusitante, Delfín Leonidas Payaguaje Payaguaje, Alfredo Donaldo Payaguaje Payaguaje, Teodoro Gonzalo Piaguaje Payaguaje, Mi- guel Mario Payaguaje Payaguaje, Fermin Piaguaje Payaguaje, Reinaldo Lusitande Yaiguaje, Luis Agustín Payaguaje Piaguaje, Emilio Martín Lusitande Yaiguaje, Simon Lusitande Yaiguaje, Armando Wilfrido Piaguaje Payaguaje, and Angel Justino Piaguage Lucitante. Andrew Woods, Laura J. Garr, and H5 were re- spondents in the district court. -iv- CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT No publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of any petitioner'

s stock. Nor is any petitioner a subsidiary of any parent company. -v- TABLE OF CONTENTS Questions presented i! Parties to the proceeding.ii! Corporate disclosure statement.iv! Table of authorities.vii! Introduction 1! Opinions below.3! Jurisdiction 3! Consitutional and statutory provisions involved.3! Statement.4! I.! ! For two decades, Ecuadorian rainforest communities seek―and ultimately win―a judgment holding Chevron responsible for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste into the Amazon.4! II.! Chevron brings this action as a collateral, preemptive attack on enforcement of the Ecuadorian judgment.9! III.!After a bench trial, the district court issues a decision preemptively attacking the Ecuadorian judgment, and the Second Circuit affirms.11! Reasons for granting the petition 16! I.! ! The Second Circuit'