Following a request by the DOJ, the BitClub Community prison case has been continued via November 2020.
The explanation for the delay in proceedings is designation of an “uncommon or complicated case”.
In gentle of the variety of defendants, the character of the prosecution, and the existence of novel questions of truth and regulation such that it’s unreasonable to count on sufficient preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself inside 70 days.
Discovery collected by the DOJ consists of two million digital data, solely 5 hundred thousand of which have been supplied to the defendants.
The DOJ expects filtering of seized proof for manufacturing received’t conclude till October thirtieth, “on the earliest”.
Consequently a July sixteenth order continues the case till November fifteenth, 2020. We’ll proceed to offer any updates between from time to time.
Replace thirteenth November 2020 – The complicated nature of the BitClub Community case has seen it prolonged once more to March 4th, 2021.
The November twelfth order particularly pertains to Matthew Brent Goettsche. It’s unclear whether or not Russ Medlin’s case has additionally been continued.