By Investigative Reporter Tammy Rose
A new court date has appeared in the criminal case against Mitchell Wasek.
Travis County court records now show a pretrial hearing set for Sept. 2, 2026, at 1:15 p.m. in the 167th District Court.
The change comes after Wasek had been scheduled for a pretrial hearing on Aug. 18.
That Aug. 18 setting no longer appears on the public hearing list.
Court records reviewed Wednesday do not show a ruling from the Aug. 18 setting. They also do not explain why the hearing date changed.
Wasek now set for Sept. 2 pretrial hearing
The new Sept. 2 setting appears in case D-1-DC-25-500122.
The case remains listed as an indictment in the Travis County Odyssey Portal.
The public docket currently shows the Sept. 2 hearing as a Pre-Trial Hearing before the 167th District Court.
The online record does not show an Aug. 18 minute entry or order.
Because of that, it is not yet clear whether the court formally reset the hearing, continued it, or took up any issues during the earlier setting.
Defense wants evidence suppressed
One major defense motion remains listed on the docket.
Wasek’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress on April 14, 2026.
According to the docket description, the defense seeks to suppress evidence allegedly obtained through theft and breach of computer security.
The public case record reviewed Wednesday does not show a ruling on that motion.
Defense also seeks dismissal of indictment
Wasek’s defense filed another significant motion on June 2, 2026.
That filing asks the court to dismiss the indictment based on an expired statute of limitations.
The docket also shows several subpoena applications filed that day.
An executed subpoena involving Detective Keith McManus appears on the docket on June 5.
Again, the public record currently does not show an order granting or denying the motion to dismiss.
Separate Wasek cases also set for Sept. 2
Wasek faces several separate criminal cases in Travis County.
Cases D-1-DC-23-500314 through D-1-DC-23-500319 also remain listed as indictments.
Those older cases show writ hearings scheduled for Sept. 2 at 1:15 p.m.
The 2025 case, however, lists a pretrial hearing at that same date and time.
The older cases also show appellate activity during 2026.
What happens next
The Sept. 2 hearing could provide the next major development in the case.
For now, the public docket does not show a ruling on Wasek’s motion to suppress or his request to dismiss the indictment.
It also does not explain what happened to the previously scheduled Aug. 18 pretrial hearing.
I will continue reviewing the Travis County court record for any new orders, motions or hearing information.
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