The inquest judge is letting Stern's lawyer go to the Supreme Court of the Bahamas to argue that the hearing should be permanently blocked.
Howard Stern: "Your honor, people here REALLY don't like me, so we should just chuck this whole 'inquest' thing. I'm willing to let it go!
It appears that the inquest judge does not carry that much weight in the scheme of things any way. Sort of like a middle man.