Luigi Mangione is returning to federal court docket in Manhattan, the place his attorneys will attempt to persuade the decide to postpone his federal trial till subsequent yr.
On Wednesday, the protection will ask U.S. District Choose Margaret Garnett to delay Mangione’s September 2026 trial till January 2027 so protection attorneys can ask the decide overseeing the state prosecution, Gregory Carro, to maneuver the state trial from June 2026 to September 2026.
“On account of these competing schedules, Mr. Mangione is now within the place of needing to organize for 2 difficult and severe trials on the identical time,” protection lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo mentioned in a letter forward of Wednesday’s listening to.
Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court docket in New York, Sept. 16, 2025.
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“As a result of Justice Carro scheduled the state trial for June 8, 2026, Mr. Mangione is now within the unimaginable place of getting to assessment 800 jury questionnaires in the course of the week of June 29, 2026, whereas on trial for second-degree homicide in state court docket,” she mentioned. “As a sensible matter, this might not be attainable.”
The protection additionally argued the effectiveness of Mangione’s protection can be diminished with out the rescheduling.
Luigi Mangione seems in Manhattan Legal Courtroom in New York, Dec. 16, 2025.
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“Although fierce advocates for his or her shoppers, protection counsel can’t be in two locations without delay,” Friedman Agnifilo mentioned.
“Realistically, protection counsel can’t be defending Mr. Mangione in state court docket on second-degree homicide prices that carry a most sentence of twenty-five years to life whereas, on the identical time, additionally reviewing 800 questionnaires for a federal case that carries a most life sentence. Furthermore, counsel won’t be able to adequately put together for the federal trial as a result of they are going to be on trial in state court docket.”
Mangione pleaded not responsible to state and federal prices after he was arrested for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan in December 2024.
Federal prosecutors are against delaying the trial.
“The issues recognized by the protection may be absolutely addressed by means of focused modifications to the questionnaire course of, somewhat than a wholesale continuance of the trial date on this case,” prosecutor Sean Buckley wrote.
Mangione, 27, faces the opportunity of life in jail if he is convicted in both case. Garnett beforehand threw out the federal prices that carry the opportunity of the dying penalty and Carro beforehand tossed out an enhancement to the state homicide prices that mentioned Mangione’s alleged conduct amounted to terrorism.
