Justice of the STF since 2015; Lava Jato rapporteur at the court from 2017.
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Evidence mentioning Edson Fachin
On March 8, 2021, in declaring that the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba lacked jurisdiction, Edson Fachin declared several of Lula's habeas corpus petitions moot, among them HC 164.493 on Moro's bias; the defense appealed and the matter was decided by the Plenary.
News reportSeveral independent sources
Source: STF derruba condenações de Lula na Lava Jato — Migalhas, Apr. 15, 2021 · body of the article · open original ↗
In the Plenary, Gilmar Mendes, Nunes Marques, Alexandre de Moraes, Dias Toffoli, Ricardo Lewandowski, Rosa Weber and Cármen Lúcia voted to uphold; Edson Fachin, Luís Roberto Barroso, Marco Aurélio and Luiz Fux dissented, arguing that the Panel could not rule on bias after the rapporteur had closed the HC.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá — Supreme Federal Court, June 23, 2021 · section on votes · open original ↗
On March 8, 2021, in HC 193.726, Justice Edson Fachin declared the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba to lack jurisdiction over Lula's criminal cases (the Guarujá triplex, the Atibaia ranch and the Lula Institute), annulled the court's decisions, including the convictions, and ordered the case files sent to the Federal Court of the Federal District, finding that the facts had no direct connection with the Petrobras scheme.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: Marcado para 14/4 julgamento de recursos da decisão que anulou condenações de Lula — Supreme Federal Court, Mar. 25, 2021 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On February 9, 2021, the STF Second Panel, by majority (Lewandowski, rapporteur, Nunes Marques, Cármen Lúcia and Gilmar Mendes; Fachin dissented), declined to admit the appeal by the Lava Jato prosecutors and maintained Lula's access to the Operation Spoofing messages that concern him; the majority said the judgment did not address the validity of the evidence, only access to elements held by the State.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: 2ª Turma garante a Lula acesso a arquivos da Operação Spoofing — Supreme Federal Court, Feb. 9, 2021 · body of the news item · open original ↗
Fachin, outvoted, recognized the prosecutors' standing as aggrieved third parties and voted that the material should not be used in any case until the Plenary decided on validity, sharing and jurisdiction.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: 2ª Turma garante a Lula acesso a arquivos da Operação Spoofing — Supreme Federal Court, Feb. 9, 2021 · section on the dissent · open original ↗
In the Plenary, Gilmar Mendes, Nunes Marques, Alexandre de Moraes, Dias Toffoli and Ricardo Lewandowski and Justices Rosa Weber and Cármen Lúcia voted for the thesis that only the Internal Rules authorize the Plenary to review panel decisions; Edson Fachin, Luís Roberto Barroso, Marco Aurélio and Luiz Fux dissented.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá — Supreme Federal Court (Communications Secretariat), June 23, 2021 · "Regimento" (Internal Rules) section · open original ↗
On March 8, 2021, Justice Edson Fachin granted a habeas corpus (HC 193.726) to declare that the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba lacked jurisdiction in the triplex, Atibaia ranch and Lula Institute cases, annulling the decision-making acts and sending the case files to the Federal Court of the Federal District.
Judicial or administrative decisionSeveral independent sources
Source: Fachin anula todas as condenações de Lula na Lava Jato — CartaCapital, Mar. 8, 2021 · Excerpts of the decision reproduced · open original ↗
According to the entry, Cabral made a cooperation agreement with the PF in December 2019, approved by Edson Fachin on February 6, 2020; in May 2021 the STF annulled the agreement (7 votes to 4).
News reportSingle source
Source: Sérgio Cabral Filho (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement and annulments · open original ↗
Marcelo Odebrecht left prison for house arrest on December 19, 2017; Edson Fachin reduced his sentence in April 2022 from 10 years to 7 years and 6 months; he completed his sentence on April 28, 2023, after community service.
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source
Source: Marcelo Odebrecht (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Timeline · open original ↗
Edson Fachin has been an STF justice since June 16, 2015 (appointed by Dilma Rousseff), rapporteur of Lava Jato at the STF since the draw of February 2, 2017 (replacing Teori Zavascki), STF vice president from September 28, 2023 to September 29, 2025 and STF president since September 29, 2025; he was a TSE justice from August 16, 2018 to August 16, 2022 and TSE president from February 22, 2022 to August 16, 2022.
News reportSingle source
Source: Edson Fachin (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
According to the entry, Fachin approved the plea agreement of João Santana and Mônica Moura and lifted secrecy over the Odebrecht plea agreements (April 2017) and approved Sérgio Cabral's plea agreement (February 6, 2020).
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source
Source: Edson Fachin (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Decisions · open original ↗
After the death of Teori Zavascki, Edson Fachin was drawn as the new Lava Jato rapporteur at the STF on February 2, 2017; in April 2017 he lifted secrecy over 83 inquiries based on the Odebrecht plea agreements.
News reportSingle source
Source: Operação Lava Jato (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Actions at the STF · open original ↗
