Over the weekend, Judge Nachmanoff made it clear that a large amount of discovery material is to be delivered to James Comey today. The prosecution team from North Carolina seem to be engaging in a series of stall tactics to delay this.
The eastern district of Virginia is known informally as the “rocket docket” because of its fast resolution times for cases.
I don’t think it’s quite that definitive everywhere but in too many places that is the case.