The motion brought by 53-year-old St. Ann businessman, Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, who is fighting an extradition order, has been adjourned to await the Court of Appeal's decision in the case of Montego Bay businessman, Leebert Ramcharan.

Ramcharan, as Nembhard is, is fighting his extradition order to The United States to face drug charges.

Similar case

Some of the legal points being raised by Nembhard's lawyers, Frank Phipps and Wentworth Charles, are similar to those raised in Ramcharan's case.

Ramcharan and Montego Bay businessman, Donovan 'Plucky' Williams, were ordered extradited to The U.S. and are now awaiting the outcome of their appeal.

The Full Court took the decision on Tuesday to adjourn the motion and it is set for continuation on March 19. It is expected that the decision in Ramcharan's case will be ready before that time.

Police Corporal Herbert Henry Colombian barber, Luis Miguel Arias, and Jamaicans; Robroy Williams, also called 'Spy', Glenford Williams and Vivian Dalley, who were ordered extradited along with Nembhard in 2005, are also fighting the extradition orders. They have been in custody since April 2004.

They are wanted in The U.S. to face charges for conspiracy to export cocaine to that country between 1998 and 2004. They were arrested as part of a major international drug trafficking crackdown among the Jamaican, United States, British and Colombian governments.

They are challenging the documents on which they were ordered extradited on the basis that they were not authentic.

Nembhard is also contending that his designation by U.S. President George W. Bush, as a drug kingpin, will prevent him from getting a fair trial if he is extradited.

Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh and Mr. Justice Lloyd Hibbert are hearing the motion.