 On 28 July 2009, Lemelle delayed the start of the racketeering trial to 25 January 2010.On August 4, Fawer unsuccessfully sought (denied by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon) to delay Mose Jefferson's bribery trial until after the racketeering trial, because, as summarized by Michael Kunzelman of the "Times-Picayune"