What Happened to Sakura
Sakura Lewis is 19 years old. Her father Nigel Lewis passed away in 2018 and left her a home and an inheritance. A court-appointed guardian now controls her money. She has to ask permission to access it — even though she has been a legal adult since January, 2025.
Sakura's mother, Anna Nyulund, is a graduate engineer with a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas, MS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and postgraduate degree in Machine Learning from the UT Austin. She served as Guardian of the Estate from 2018 until March 6, 2025, when Probate Court No. 1 removed her based on unsubstantiated embezzlement allegations — without a proper hearing — and appointed a successor guardian, Craig Hopper. These allegations have since been used as pretext for service denials across multiple institutions.
"It terminates when I say it terminates." — Judge Guy Herman, Probate Court No. 1, Travis County (Transcript p. 6)
The family home at 19409 Melwas Way, Pflugerville, Texas — 100% owned by Sakura — has had no running water since August 29, 2024, when Crossroads Water Company disconnected service with only one day's notice, in violation of the required 10-day notice under Texas law. Electricity was cut February 24, 2025, after Green Mountain Energy imposed an unauthorized 150% rate increase. The home became uninhabitable. Anna was evicted on August 12, 2025, while her motions were pending — a constable informed her the motions "did not go through."
Anna's former probate attorney, Charles Smaistrla, made multiple antisemitic remarks when she questioned unexpected invoices totaling approximately $15,000. He withdrew after she challenged his conduct. The court approved his withdrawal fees, which were deducted from Sakura's estate. A motion for reimbursement of a $2,000 overcharge was filed in June 2025.
Anna has experienced discrimination based on her national origin — she is a Ukrainian-Polish-Jewish engineer, born in Russia, with an accent — at her former employer Charter Communications (EEOC charge filed May 2, 2022), in the Pflugerville community, and at Weiss High School where Sakura also faced harassment connected to this targeting. Sakura faces harassment as Anna's daughter.
Food assistance applications have been denied through procedural barriers since 2025 — including denial after missing a single required phone call with no second opportunity offered — barriers that disproportionately affect people with ADHD. Anna has ADHD, documented and submitted to the court.
As of early 2026, Anna is homeless, sleeping at public libraries while continuing to file motions pro se. On May 11, 2026, she filed a 13.33 MB Petition for Writ of Mandamus with the Texas Supreme Court — alone, without an attorney. The court accepted it the same day.
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