I called Hizzoner Larry Burns’ chambers to learn what happened in the case of the subpoena that wasn’t.

Attorneys for convicted Cunningham briber Brent Wilkes, were chomping at the bit to serve me with my subpoena. Burns had been leaning toward issuing the subpoenas, and, on Friday, Burns told Wilkes’ attorneys to go ahead and serve them.

Only problem with this was Burns was still mulling over the request for subpoenas.

On Monday, when the judge finished his research and issued his order denying the request for subpoenas that had been issued, Burns had a change of heart. There would be no subpoenas. Oops!

So I’m left with a worthless piece of paper, a nice souvenir I’m going to hang on the wall.

Justice isn’t only blind, it’s confusing and silly. Today, Hizzoner Larry Burns decided not to issue the subpoena I received two days ago. I already told you I had no idea what was going on. Now I have gone beyond confusion into a new, uncharted state of unknowingness. It’s a Zen thing.

Turns out that the judge did sign the subpoenas late last night, and a nice guy who works as an investigator with the Federal Defenders just knocked on my door and handed me this subpoena.

I don’t know what’s going on anymore. There was some miscommunication yesterday and I was led to believe that the subpoenas were being issued yesterday.

That turned out to be wrong.

As of 3 p.m. Friday, Wilkes’ defense attorney, Shereen Charlick, still didn’t have the subpoenas in hand (and she wasn’t happy about it either). Judge Larry Burns still hadn’t signed off on them, although Charlick has been led to believe he will.

Maybe he signed them in the waning hours of Friday afternoon. If he didn’t, we’re all scrambling to meet a Monday deadline for motions explaining why we shouldn’t have to answer to a hypothetical subpoena that hasn’t been issued.

I’m new to all this. Is this how things usually go?

Word is that Judge Burns has now gone ahead and signed off on the subpoenas. Wilkes’ court-appointed lawyer, Shereen Charlick, has them in hand and is going to start faxing them out right quick.