Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger can rightly be called America’s first corporate political prisoner. Currently living through his twentieth month under house arrest, Donziger was part of a legal team that in 2011 won a historic, multibillion dollar lawsuit against oil giant Chevron over its activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Donziger, however, was afforded little time to savor this victory — soon finding himself on the receiving end of an unprecedented smear campaign and legal offensive undertaken by the company, which has ultimately seen him languish in house arrest in his New York City home for over six hundred days without a trial. This state of affairs comes after an extremely dubious ruling by a judge with tobacco-industry ties who has repeatedly praised Chevron.

Donziger’s case has attracted support from around the world, with some fifty-five Nobel Laureates, hundreds of attorneys and legal organizations, and celebrities including Sting, Danny Glover, and Roger Waters condemning the corporate campaign against him. On May 10, he’ll be facing a misdemeanor contempt charge in a New York City court, the trial overseen by a judge who belongs to the Federalist Society — a right-wing group that quite literally counts Chevron among its donors.