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Today it was announced that the Timothy Barton criminal case which was scheduled for trial in 2022 now heads to 2027. The suggestion made by Judge Kinkeade is that justice delayed is not justice denied. However, in this case, he is flat out wrong, simply because he is unaware of the ongoing associated RICO crimes committed by fraudster Christopher Angus and Stella Huh. They want to keep the stolen Bitcoin downstream of the $3.37 million they stole from my family in 2016, without eating the legal liabilities tied to their crimes. So far Stella Huh is not yet publicly formally & legally associated with the indicted party patsy Saskya Bedoya. This is something that I personally will fix before the year is out.

Here is the chronological timeline of trial continuances, scheduling orders, and trial date resets in Timothy Lynch Barton’s parallel federal criminal case (United States v. Timothy Lynch Barton et al., No. 3:22-CR-00352-K, N.D. Tex., before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade):

Chronological Timeline of Trial Continuances & Scheduling Orders

• September 20 & 23, 2022 — Initial Indictment & Arrest: A federal grand jury returns a 9-count indictment charging Timothy Barton with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and securities fraud. The indictment is unsealed upon his arrest on September 23, 2022.
• October 4, 2022 — Initial Scheduling Order: Judge Ed Kinkeade enters a Pretrial Scheduling Order setting the original jury trial date for December 5, 2022.
• November 4–11, 2022 — First Reset (to May 8, 2023): Barton files an unopposed motion for continuance citing the government’s initial production of a 1-terabyte discovery hard drive and the SEC receiver’s seizure of his office and records. The court grants the continuance and resets trial to May 8, 2023.
• February 28 & March 8, 2023 — Second Reset (to February 5, 2024): Defense counsel moves for a second continuance due to additional multi-terabyte discovery productions, complex international land/loan transactions, and lack of access to records held by the court-appointed receiver. On March 8, 2023, Judge Kinkeade resets trial to February 5, 2024.
• December 12, 2023 — Superseding Indictment & Complex Case Designation (Third Reset to September 9, 2024): The government files a superseding indictment adding co-defendants Stephen T. Wall and Saskya Bedoya Zuniga. The court officially designates the prosecution as unusual and complex under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) and resets trial to September 9, 2024.
• May 20 & June 14, 2024 — Fourth Reset (to March 3, 2025): The court grants a joint motion for continuance filed on behalf of the co-defendants, maintaining the complex case designation and resetting trial to March 3, 2025.
• December 17 & 20, 2024 — Fifth Reset (to October 6, 2025): Barton moves to continue trial pending oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the civil SEC receivership and asset freeze, which deprived him of funds for private counsel. Judge Kinkeade grants the motion and resets trial to October 6, 2025.
• June 27 & July 11, 2025 — Sixth Reset (to March 23, 2026): Following a Fifth Circuit ruling affirming the receivership, Barton files a continuance request to allow 60 days to either negotiate an SEC settlement that frees defense funds or apply for CJA court-appointed counsel. Judge Kinkeade resets trial to March 23, 2026.
• January 15 & February 4, 2026 — Seventh Reset (to November 2, 2026): Barton files an unopposed motion for continuance. On February 4, 2026, Judge Kinkeade finds that the ends of justice warrant delay and resets trial to November 2, 2026.
• August 21/24 & September 11, 2026 — Eighth Reset (to April 26, 2027): Co-defendant Saskya Bedoya and defendant Timothy Barton file unopposed motions to continue trial and extend pretrial deadlines. On September 11, 2026, Judge Kinkeade enters an order resetting trial to April 26, 2027.

Core Drivers Behind the Multi-Year Delays

1. Voluminous Electronic Discovery: The government produced multiple terabytes of electronic data containing hundreds of thousands to millions of financial, corporate, and real estate documents from transactions in the U.S. and China.
2. Parallel SEC Receivership & Asset Freeze: The parallel civil SEC action resulted in a court-appointed receiver seizing Barton’s companies, bank accounts, and personal residence. This blocked Barton from accessing critical business records needed for his criminal defense and stripped him of funds to pay private counsel.
3. Fifth Circuit Appellate Litigation: Multiple interlocutory appeals to the Fifth Circuit challenging the SEC receivership caused trial settings to be deferred while appellate decisions were pending.
4. Superseding Indictment & Co-Defendants: The addition of co-defendants Stephen T. Wall and Saskya Bedoya required joint trial scheduling and coordinated pretrial preparations.
5. Statutory “Complex Case” Exclusions: Judge Kinkeade repeatedly declared the matter unusual and complex under the Speedy Trial Act (18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)), excluding the delay periods from speedy trial computations.