Overview

• A Blair County judge set a Nov. 7 pretrial motion hearing and directed that Luigi Mangione appear in person on Pennsylvania state charges.
• Prosecutors asked the U.S. Marshals Service to release Mangione to the Blair County Sheriff's Department for transport to the hearing.
• Blair County’s district attorney says federal officials have repeatedly denied transfer requests and are likely to reject this one, offering only a virtual appearance.
• Defense attorney Thomas Dickey has refused a video appearance, asserting Mangione’s right to attend hearings in person and to sit beside counsel.
• Mangione remains in federal custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, has pleaded not guilty to New York state and federal charges that could carry the death penalty, and also faces Pennsylvania counts including forgery and carrying a firearm without a license after his arrest in Altoona following a multi-day manhunt.