A judge is expected to rule on a motion to move the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of Massachusetts following a hearing on Thursday morning.

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Tsarnaev were in court for a status hearing on motions including the defense request to move the trial outside of state and delay the trial's start by at least 10 months. Tsarnaev waived his right to be attend the hearing and did not appear in court.

The judge said he will rule later in writing on whether the trial should be moved out of state and whether the trial will be delayed.

Tsarnaev, 21, has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. He could face the death penalty.



Prosecutors allege that Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, detonated two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon's finish line. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed during a shootout with police several days after the bombings.

In court Thursday, prosecutors said they still haven't received discovery from the defense even though the trial is scheduled to start in November. Defense lawyers said their case is not ready yet, and they are still along way from being prepared to exhibit. Until that time, they said it is too early to share which items they will use in their defense.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorneys argued that they need more time to review the volume of evidence turned over by prosecutors. They said the November trial date would give them less than the median preparation time allowed other defendants facing a federal death sentence over the past decade, and argued that the process of preparing for this case feels rushed.

A final pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Oct. 20. It is not clear whether Tsarnaev will attend that hearing or jury selection.