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Hey, I see on your web site www.anthraxinvestigation.com that it looks like the Honorable Judge Reggie Walton vacated the hearing that was supposed to be scheduled for yesterday or today. Shouldn't this mean that he had made his official ruling already, and when do you think we can expect his ruling to be made public?

when do you think we can expect his ruling to be made public?

I was expecting it today. But I just checked the Docket and there's nothing new there.

I'm assuming that Judge Walton is spending a lot of time on gathering together precedents and citations to back up his ruling. And a lot of proof-reading may be going on. So, I don't expect he'll just issue a simple one-page ruling.

My best guess now is that he'll issue the Order sometime early next week. But that's still just a guess. Ed at www.anthraxinvestigation.com

Hey, I see on your web site www.anthraxinvestigation.com that it looks like the Honorable Judge Reggie Walton vacated the hearing that was supposed to be scheduled for yesterday or today. Shouldn't this mean that he had made his official ruling already, and when do you think we can expect his ruling to be made public?

It just occurred to me that back on April 20, in the Hatfill v FBI et al lawsuit, Judge Walton ordered as follows:

ORDERED that the parties are referred to mediation for a period of sixty days commencing on May 21, 2007, and concluding on July 20, 2007.

Friday of this week is July 20. Since that date is almost upon us, it seems to me that Judge Walton might delay his ruling on the motion to compel reporters to identify their confidential sources until the mediation is concluded.

But I'm really lousy about trying to figure out when things will happen in this lawsuit. So, I could be totally wrong. Everything seems to take a lot longer that I expect.

Ed at www.anthraxinvestigation.com