Royal Consulate of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia v. Pullan

1 1 Monsour Al Shammari, who is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, was arrested and charged with rape. Bail was set at $100,000, and the Royal Consulate of Saudi Arabia provided the cash funds to post bail. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Al Shammari attempted to cross the border into Tijuana, Mexico and was detained by the United States Customs and Border Patrol. When he failed to appear for a scheduled hearing in the eriminal case, the district court ordered the cash bail forfeited without providing notice to the Consulate. Mr, Al Shammari was- extradited to Utah, and he moved to set aside the order of…