FOLLOWING the filing of an urgent application by US-indicted businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed seeking special leave to appeal and secure a stay of ongoing extradition proceedings, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will today move forward with a Case Management Conference.
“TAKE NOTICE that a Case Management Conference will be held in these proceedings on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 10:00 am by video conference pursuant to Rule 8(2)(j) of the Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules, 2024 (“the Rules”).
“Attorneys who participate in the Case Management Conference must be prepared to provide such information that will assist the Court in giving directions referred to in Part 14.3 of the Rules.
“If you do not participate in this hearing, orders will be made, and directions given in your absence,” the court said.
According to court documents seen by this publication, the Mohameds are asking the regional court to overturn the March 17 decision of the Guyana Court of Appeal, which dismissed their challenge to the Authority to Proceed (ATP) in the United States extradition case.
In the filing, the Mohameds are requesting several orders, including that special leave be granted to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal, that the appellate ruling be reversed or set aside, and critically, that the extradition proceedings before the Magistrates’ Court be stayed pending the determination of the CCJ matter.
The father-and-son duo are also seeking an expedited hearing, asking the court to treat the special leave application as the substantive appeal, should the court deem it appropriate.
The Mohameds are listed as the applicants in the matter while the Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, the Attorney General, and Magistrate Judy Latchman are the respondents.
The extradition case stems from a United States federal indictment returned in October last year in Miami, charging Nazar Mohamed, 72, and Azruddin Mohamed, 38, with participating in a multi-year scheme to evade millions of dollars in taxes and royalties owed to the Government of Guyana through fraudulent gold-export practices and related money-laundering activities.
