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Two KPFA-related cases remain in legal limbo. 

One concerns Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi, charged with obstructing a police officer during the height of the summer conflict with KPFA’s parent organization, the Pacifica Foundation. 

Jacobs-Fantauzzi remains the only person arrested during the summer conflict whose charges are outstanding. More than 90 of the approximate 100 protesters had their charges dropped and a handful pled guilty to jaywalking charges. 

Jacobs-Fantauzzi’s pre-trial motion asking the judge to dismiss the case because he was unfairly signaled out from the other protesters, was to have begun Monday in Oakland. The case, however, was rescheduled. It will be put on the calendar for scheduling at 9 a.m., May 5, in the courts at 661 Washington St., Oakland. At that time, a judge will probably set the date for jury selection, although jury selection could begin that day, according to Jacob-Fantauzzi’s attorney, Richard Krech. 

In a separate case, a motion in the lawsuit that Oakland attorney Dan Siegel filed against the Pacifica Foundation was heard in Oakland Monday.  

The suit claims that Pacifica acted improperly when it changed its method of selecting its national board members. Originally, the local boards could select most the members, but Pacifica changed board selection to a method by which the board is self-selecting. 

It also claims that Pacifica has spent the listener-sponsor funds improperly. 

The judge Monday was to decide whether members of advisory boards of various Pacifica stations are allowed to sue Pacifica on this issue. The judge, however, did not make a decision. He said he will render the decision in writing in two days.