Judge Steward said no more continuances in this case, Judge Killoran granted continuance and recused himself in "Chicago John" and "KGB" human trafficking case

 

This is what Humboldt Superior Court Judge Steven Steward said at the last hearing. Guess what happened on 4/28/26?

Human trafficking and money laundering suspects Nicholas Machado and Uonan Uonan's preliminary hearing and supervised release termination for Machado was continued to 6/16 by DA because assigned attorney is not available this morning. The case was scheduled in Judge Lawrence Killoran's calendar and he recused himself. Local attorney Ben Okin made special appearance for Uonan's attorney, Mark Reichel.

This case has been dragging on for years with nothing happening, the same excuses and no update on settlement discussions. Another case has gone on so long that no one gives a damn. So for one morning the Deputy DA is not available and the continuance is for two months? Deputy DA Ian Harris is the one who has appeared for most hearings and he has been out of the office for a while.

Humboldt Superior Court has more continuances per day and for several cases three or four times a week. What exactly does that achieve besides a backlog and constant waste of time and court resources.?

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