Trying to keep the media out of the courtroom, are you saying?
Actually, Yes, if someone isn't in the court to hear when the case is being scheduled, it would be unknown due to Nifong keeping LiL Kim out of the public record scheduling database on-line.
Absent, a tip to the Media (which happened in Kim's first Tongue setting) Kim's verdict would be secret for some time.
Which Nifong would love!