The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy delayed, by three weeks, the start of a hearing to confirm the city's debt adjustment plan, raising the possibility that the case could drag on beyond the term of Detroit's emergency manager, Reuters reported yesterday. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes yesterday released the case's fifth revised schedule, pushing back the start of the hearing until Aug. 14 from July 24. The schedule listed as many as 28 hearing days that could stretch until Sept. 23. That means the bankruptcy case the city filed in July 2013 could drag on beyond Kevyn Orr’s 18-month term as the city's state-appointed emergency manager. Under Michigan law, Detroit's elected officials could opt to remove Orr in late September. Orr has indicated he expects to leave the job at that time.
