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United States v. Maduro Moros et al. · S.D.N.Y. No. 1:11-cr-00205

Maduro's lawyers move to dismiss lead count of the indictment

ImportantFiled in court on · Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein
Published

COURT DOCUMENT Document details

Case
United States v. Maduro Moros et al. · S.D.N.Y. No. 1:11-cr-00205
Docket entry
No. 322
Filed
Document
Notice of Motion to Dismiss Count One of the Fourth Superseding Indictment
Original
Court filing (PDF, English)
Public docket
CourtListener

Summary written from the filing; the document itself is the record.

Nicolás Maduro's attorneys filed a notice of motion announcing they will ask Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to dismiss Count One of the Fourth Superseding Indictment. The filing states the motion will be argued on November 17, 2026, and is based on an accompanying memorandum of law filed separately. The notice itself does not lay out the substantive legal arguments, only the formal request.

Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan) · case 1:11-cr-00205
Judge
Alvin K. Hellerstein · who he is
Prosecution
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton)
Defense
Barry Pollack (Maduro) · Mark Donnelly (Cilia Flores)
Next date
September 30, 2026 · Defense reply on house arrest due
Where it stands
Maduro and Cilia Flores held at MDC Brooklyn since January 2026; both pleaded not guilty. Trial set for June 1, 2027. Hugo Carvajal pleaded guilty (June 2025) and awaits sentencing. Diosdado Cabello is charged but not in custody.

What it means

The defense is seeking to eliminate one of the charges against Maduro before trial, though this particular filing is only the formal notice and does not explain the underlying legal reasoning, which appears in the accompanying memorandum of law. Maduro has pleaded not guilty and retains the presumption of innocence as the case proceeds.

In the document's own words

“will respectfully move this Court, before the Hon. Alvin K. Hellerstein at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, on November 17, 2026 at 10:30 am (or at such other date and time designated by the Court) for an order dismissing Count One of the Fourth Superseding Indictment, ECF 260.”
Page 1 — States exactly what is being requested and when it will be argued.
This summary (PDF) The court document (PDF) Spanish translation coming soon
How the court describes it (original, English)
MOTION to Dismiss Count One. Document filed by Nicolas Maduro Moros. (Pollack, Barry) (Entered: 09/02/2026)

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