LAFAYETTE, La. (The Daily Advertiser) – A federal judge granted a motion today to postpone the June 6 inmate beating trial of Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and Lt. Col. Gerald Savoy after the prosecution requested more time to pursue the possibility of more charges.

The order signed by federal Judge Donald Walter follows a status conference on April 20 in which U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley expressed a desire for more time based on the possibility of further charges and a need to process further discovery, in this case interviews by FBI agents, according to court documents.

Neither Ackal’s nor Savoy’s attorneys objected to postponing the case.IPSO: Iberia Parish criminal cases in jeopardy

Ackal is charged with one count of conspiracy against rights and two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. Savoy is charged with one count of conspiracy against rights and one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Both pleaded not guilty March 31.

Nine Iberia Parish deputies have taken plea deals in connection with these violations and in other cases.

Former jail warden Wesley Hayes, former assistant warden Jesse Hayes, former narcotics Lt. Bret Broussard, former narcotics agents Wade Bergeron, Jason Comeaux, David Hines and Byron Benjamin Lassalle, and former K9 handler Robert Burns recently pleaded guilty.ACKAL: It’ll be a ‘cold day in hell’ before Iberia sheriff resigns

Most recently, K9 Sgt. Jeremy Hatley pleaded guilty to lying to an FBI agent during an investigation into the beatings.

According to the indictment of Ackal and Savoy, released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ackal ordered Lassalle to “take care of” one of the detainees after that detainee made a lewd comment.

Lassalle and Hayes, accompanied by other officers, brought the detainee to the jail’s chapel, where he was beat multiple times with a baton.

A new trial date will be decided May 31.