Mangione’s attorney, again, argues prosecutors aren’t doing enough to get him into Pa. court

By David Hurst, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – A Pa. judge is ordering the Blair County District Attorney’s Office to provide documentation supporting its denial to a motion seeking Luigi Mangione’s appearance in court.

Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard is also canceling a planned Nov. 7 hearing, for now, over Mangione’s motions in his Blair County forgery and weapons case.

The orders come after months of legal argument over Mangione’s attendance at the hearing, which the Maryland native has sought to personally attend, but federal officials have repeatedly denied while he’s in New York awaiting trial for a UnitedHealthcare CEO’s December death.

Bernard’s three-page order gives Blair County prosecutors 30 days to produce proper documentation from “a pertine