The retrial in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against the city of Los Angeles by the family of rapper Notorious B.I.G. was postponed by a federal judge on Monday.

The retrial is now scheduled to commence on January 16, 2007, three months later than the date originally set. According to Billboard, the move by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper was to give the family’s lawyers more time to seek information from the defense.

Notorious B.I.G. (real name: Christopher Wallace) was shot and killed in March of 1997. Though the murder has not been solved, his family’s lawsuit claims that rogue police officers were involved in the murder.

Last summer, Cooper declared a mistrial after discovering that a police detective intentionally his statements made by a jailed informant. The statements linked Wallace’s killing to former officers David Mack and Rafael Perez.






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