attorneys representing his interests are essentially seeking a schedule on this matter. federal prosecutors plan to have a decision by october 31. want u.s. attorney's office must then file the decision with the attorney general and attorney general eric holder will get about 90 days to determine whether the government will move forward with the death penalty. as a courtesy, the u.s. attorney has asked the defense to file any argument it may have against the death penalty by act 24, although the attorney general doesn't needle need defense input to render his decision. the prosecution alleges that the request is improper but still the government respectfully requested it. if the court is going to set a deadline, it should be no earlier than january 31, 2014. by then we may have an answer to whether or not the government will be seeking the death penalty. the judge decided that he would not be sending -- that no date would be set and pending a discovery request that's still