The state-level case of Robert Lewis Dear Jr. — the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 — continues to stall as attorneys await the result of a federal appeal to not have Dear forcibly medicated.

Prosecutors on Thursday informed Judge William Bain that Dear’s federal appeal remains in limbo, but that the United States Attorney’s Office had informed them that oral argument over the appeal is expected to take place in January.

The prosecution added that the United States Attorney’s Office remained unsure on when there would be a resolution to the appeal.

Dear’s defense attorney did not have any updates for the court.

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Dear’s state case has been in limbo for years after he was found incompetent to stand trial. Attorneys on Friday said that his state case, where he faces 179 charges, will be on hold until there is a resolution at the federal level.

U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn in federal court determined in September that Dear could be forcibly medicated in an attempt to have him stand trial. However, due to an appeal filed by Dear’s defense attorneys, he can’t be forcibly medicated until the end of the appeal process.

Dear’s next scheduled court date is a status hearing on Feb. 15. He did not appear in court on Thursday morning, and hasn’t appeared for the past several hearings at the state level.

Dear is accused of entering a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood with an assault rifle, shooting and killing three and injuring nine others on Nov. 27, 2015. Ke’Arre Stewart, Jennifer Markovsky and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey died. Nine other people — five of them law enforcement officers — were wounded during the course of a five-hour standoff.

Dear called himself “a warrior for the babies” during his first court appearance in December 2015 after the killings. He yelled over attorneys at least 15 times.

“I’m guilty — there’s no trial,” Dear said minutes into that initial hearing.

Dear’s status conference concluded prior to the shooting that took place outside the El Paso County courthouse Thursday morning that left one dead.

Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear’s case remains on hold

State case against alleged Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear remains in limbo