He requested the postponement because of a new rule in which the Stanley Cup champion now drafts last in the first round regardless of where it finished in the regular season.
District judge Douglas Yau dismissed the prosecution's claim that the request for the postponement was a delaying tactic.
Foreign secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe telephoned Lord Thomson, chair of the Independent Broadcasting Authority IBAA), to request he force the postponement of the broadcast on the grounds that Howe feared the documentary might prejudice the coroner's inquest.
But the postponement request, made in a joint legal filing in a federal court in Florida, came amid fresh threats by the Justice Department that it might impose financial sanctions on UBS and possibly indict the bank should it continue to refuse to disclose the names if required to do so by a judge.
Mr. Rangel's office did not return calls requesting a comment on the postponement.
The postponement was requested by the Justice Department, which is appealing a ruling by Judge Brinkema that would allow Mr. Moussaoui's court-appointed lawyers to question Ramzi bin al-Shibh, another admitted Qaeda member who was captured in Pakistan last October, people with access to court information said.
Their specific concern was that Croatia might lose elements of its statehood and sovereignty, and the postponement was requested to present to the voters the effects of the Treaty of Lisbon on Croatia before the referendum was held.
The immigration judge, Eugene Pugliesi, denied the request for a postponement, which Mr. Fernandez said was clearly an attempt by the agency to defy Judge Bissell's order.
Marquez had been scheduled to go on trial on Feb. 23, but U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal this week approved the postponement at the request of both prosecutors and defense attorneys, according to court papers.
I am dispirited by the shrill chorus of voices publicly condemning New York Theater Workshop for its decision to request a postponement of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" for a relatively brief period.
