adjournment

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The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

Granting an adjournment application by Mrs Donaldson's lawyer, Judge Paul Ramsey said he will review the situation on 16 May.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

He told a Commons adjournment debate: "There was no hard evidence against Letby, nobody saw her do anything untoward."

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Justice de Wet gave us a three-week adjournment until October 29.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela