A federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday ordered a six-week delay in the sentencing of a central figure in the criminal case involving the Los Angeles city attorney’s office and the Department of Water and Energy.

Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. of the US District Court did not fully explain its reason for delaying Paul Paradis’ sentencing until November 7. His order came a day after he held a hearing in Paradis’ case in downtown LA.

Paradis, a former attorney who worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, has pleaded guilty to bribery in the federal investigation into city attorneys’ handling of a lawsuit over erroneous DWP billings.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles confirmed this month that the investigation has concluded, raising questions about why some individuals

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Paradis is now assisting California State Bar investigators in that agency’s investigation.

During a hearing Tuesday in the Paradis case, Blumenfeld called a State Bar representative to the podium for an update on the investigation.

Anthony Garcia, assistant chief counsel for the State Bar, told Blumenfeld that investigators are moving with urgency.

Garcia also confirmed that the Bar Association wants Paradis available so he can continue to support the investigation.

The State Bar is investigating the conduct of several lawyers who worked on lawsuits arising from the massive 2013 billing problems at the DWP. Those lawyers, according to federal prosecutors, participated in a collusive lawsuit designed to settle the case quickly on terms favorable to the city and later tried to cover up the scheme.

Blumenfeld earlier this month allowed the government to provide confidential materials, including search warrants, used in the federal investigation to state bank investigators.

Paradis’ attorneys declined to comment on the judge’s order. Two weeks ago, Paradis’ attorneys filed court papers requesting a more lenient sentence based on the new sentencing guidelines that take effect on November 1.

Paradis has admitted his role in the collusion lawsuit. He has also accused former City Atty. Mike Feuer was aware of both the scheme and the extortion threat from a woman who threatened to make the city’s collusion lawsuit public.

Feuer, who is running for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Adam Schiff, has denied knowledge of any of the plans.

Blumenfeld also previously postponed the June sentencing against Paradis so the state bank could continue to cooperate with Paradis in its investigation, one of the largest in decades, investigators said.

During that hearing, Blumenfeld said he felt a special obligation, which has limits, to clean up the betrayals within the bar if that is indeed the case.

In addition, the search warrants and other confidential government documents are also being sought by Dennis Bradshaw, a DWP client who is suing several lawyers, including Feuer, over their alleged handling of the collusion lawsuit.

Blumenfeld on Tuesday ordered federal prosecutors and Paradis’ lawyers to agree on language for a protective order for the government’s confidential documents. The government provided Paradis with these documents so that Paradis could prepare for his sentencing.

It is not yet clear whether Bradshaw will have access to the documents.