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We went to our court with Andrei today to talk with our judge.  Lena came with us to help translate because Andrei is not usually very good at communicating what's going on.  Our judge, who's been on vacation for the last month or so, was back to work and willing to try to get things moving for us.  He called one of the judges from the appeals court and arranged for her to pick up our case and get it resolved soon.  However, she is in Yalta today and Monday is a holiday, so she won't be looking at it until Tuesday.  At that time, she may just throw it out, or we will find out when the hearing will be.  They are still saying that there are no grounds for the appeal, so even if there is a hearing, it should still go our way.  Andrei is hopeful that we will have a decision by next week, but we know how that goes.  We also found out that our prosecutor is pretty high up for her position, right under the head prosecutor, so that is why nobody has been able to go around her.  Joe is probably going to be flying back on Sunday, recovering from jet-lag on Monday, and returning to work on Tuesday.  Shelby and her family get back to Simferopol on Wednesday, so I'll have them around for moral support while we finish up everything.  If we find out that the hearing isn't scheduled for a few more weeks, I will come home to work and fly back in time for the hearing.