Today, the fourth preliminary hearing for the case of the United States against the developers of the Samourai portfolio took place in the southern district of New York.
This is the second time that the two developers, Keonne Rodriguez and William Longan Hill, appeared together in public from the previous conference on the state, which took place on September 17, 2024.
Today’s hearing was the shortest and most substantial of the four pre-process auditions that have occurred so far.
Pre-processing movement program
At the hearing, the accusation and the defense established and agreed the pre-process program, which is as follows:
- May 9, 2025 – opening motion
- June 6, 2025 – The accusation of the accusation to the opening motion
- June 20, 2025 – Responses to the accusation response
Disclosure of experts
The accusation should provide its dissemination of experts on July 15, 2025, while the defense should provide it by 8 August 2025.
A further dissemination of experts can also be allowed on July 16, 2025 at 10:00 East, which is the date for the next preliminary hearing in person.
Hill to stay in Lisbon
Hill’s lawyer asked judge Richard Berman, who is chairing the case, if the Court would be likely to the Court who did not require Hill’s appearance in future pre-processing auditions since Hill currently lives with his wife in Lisbon, Portugal and traveling back and forth in New York City is expensive.
His lawyer also declared that the preliminary services were “support” of this request.
The judge said he hadn’t seen a problem with this.
Rodriguez expresses gratitude
After the hearing, Rodriguez told Bitcoin Magazine that they are grateful to all those who donated to the peer-to-peer rights fund, which helps to finance the developers’ legal defense.
Interested parties can still donate to the bottom.
Start date of the test
The process should begin on November 3, 2025.