Headley's status hearing set in Chicago court today

A US district court is set to take up the status hearing of LeT operative David Coleman Headley, charged with conspiring in the Mumbai terror strikes and plotting attacks against a newspaper office in Denmark.
   
The hearing is scheduled before judge Harry Leinenweber in the US District Court, Northern District of Illinois today, according to the court's website.

However, Headley, a Pakistani-American, may not be present for the hearing as his lawyers John Theis and Robert Seeder had previously requested Leinenweber that their client's "presence be waived" at the status hearing, which means he would not be required to appear in court today.

During the hearing, Headley's lawyers would brief the judge about progress made in the case. After Headley's arraignment last month, Theis had said he would "review the evidence with Headley" and during the status hearing would report to the judge about how things are moving along and whether "we are making progress as to an ultimate disposition of the case".