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YEGIAZARYAN, AKA EGIAZARYAN v. SMAGIN ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 22–381. Argued April 25, 2023—Decided June 22, 2023* Respondent Vitaly Smagin won a multimillion dollar arbitration award in 2014 against petitioner Ashot Yegiazaryan stemming from the mis- appropriation of investment funds in a joint real estate venture in Mos- cow. Because Yegiazaryan has lived in California since 2010, Smagin, who lives in Russia, filed suit to confirm and enforce the award in the Central District of California pursuant to the Convention on the Recog- nition and Enforcement of