Overview

• Relator Sebastião Reis voted to grant the MPF appeal to reinstate the prosecution of Fábio Schvartsman.
• Minister Rogério Schietti requested a vista and suspended the judgment, with a review period reported as up to 90 days.
• If the appeal prevails, the TRF-6 ruling will be annulled and the case will return to federal court for trial by the Tribunal do Júri.
• Schvartsman was charged with qualified intentional homicide and environmental crimes tied to the 2019 dam collapse that left 272 dead, and he denies the accusations.
• The Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens called for criminal accountability and full reparation and said it will monitor the STJ proceedings.