John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka is to appear Aug. 19 before U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia in Kansas City, Kansas. The judge plans to review the status of Booker’s case.
Murguia issued a sealed order Wednesday granting a motion filed Tuesday by a public defender representing Booker.
According to court documents, Booker was arrested in April while trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb inside a van near Fort Riley, about an hour west of Topeka. The charges against him include attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.