1.   A status hearing is scheduled for Friday.

2.   During a brief status hearing, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson did not allude to the top-level talks, which began Tuesday at the Justice Department.

3.   That decision is expected late in November, to be followed early in December by a status hearing between all those involved in the case.

4.   The hearing on Wednesday was a status hearing, a chance for the judge in the case to learn whether an indictment had been handed up.

5.   Yassine is being held without bail and without a status hearing.

6.   Superior Court Judge Maral Injejikian issued the bench warrant Wednesday when Garrett failed to appear for a status hearing on how his drug rehabilitation was progressing.

7.   The bankruptcy judge has a status hearing scheduled for Monday.