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Walt Nauta’s defense asked the court to move a July 14 pretrial conference in the classified-documents case, filing a motion dated July 7 and docketed July 10. The request was narrowly aimed at the CIPA proceeding, the part of the case that deals with handling classified material. It did not itself change any deadline or hearing date. ([justsecurity.org](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Just-Security-Mar-a-Lago-Trump-Clearinghouse-%E2%80%94-Nauta-motion-to-continue-pretrial-CIPA-Section-2-pretrial-conference-July-10-2023.pdf))

The motion said Nauta’s longtime lawyer had a trial scheduled to begin in Washington on July 10, which would make it difficult to appear at the Florida conference four days later. The filing also said Trump’s counsel did not oppose the continuance, while government lawyers opposed it and declined to give alternate dates. ([justsecurity.org](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Just-Security-Mar-a-Lago-Trump-Clearinghouse-%E2%80%94-Nauta-motion-to-continue-pretrial-CIPA-Section-2-pretrial-conference-July-10-2023.pdf))

The document made plain what was being asked: not a reset of the whole case, but a continuance of one pretrial conference tied to classified information. Nauta’s team argued that a short delay would conserve time and resources while security-clearance steps were still pending. Whether that happened still depended on the judge. ([justsecurity.org](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Just-Security-Mar-a-Lago-Trump-Clearinghouse-%E2%80%94-Nauta-motion-to-continue-pretrial-CIPA-Section-2-pretrial-conference-July-10-2023.pdf))