http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...64/377900/180/
"[Preet Bharara] write[s] to respectfully request that the Initial
Pre-Trial Conference (the "Conference") in this matter, presently scheduled for Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11 :00 A.M., be adjourned until either May
7 or May 8, 2012. Upon serving the order setting the Conference to counsel for the defendants and claimants in this matter, I was informed of conflicts on April 16 and various other dates. Uponsuggesting the dates of
May 7 or May 8, various counsel consented to those dates, and no counsel has indicated an objection to setting the Conference for either of those dates."
Not going to pretend I know the implications, IF ANY, of this. Diamond Flush?
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RULE 16. PRETRIAL CONFERENCES; SCHEDULING; MANAGEMENT
(a) Purposes of a Pretrial Conference. In any action, the court may order the attorneys and any unrepresented parties to appear for one or more pretrial conferences for such purposes as:
(1) expediting disposition of the action;
(2) establishing early and continuing control so that the case will not be protracted because of lack of management;
(3) discouraging wasteful pretrial activities;
(4) improving the quality of the trial through more thorough preparation; and
(5) facilitating settlement.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_16