A bankruptcy judge on Monday delayed a hearing in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ effort to stop the satirical news outlet The Onion from buying Infowars, keeping the auction sale up in the air for at least another few weeks.

A federal judge Monday said he would not immediately step in to stop The Onion, the satirical news website, from buying Infowars, the right-wing website run by provocateur Alex Jones. U.S. District Judge Christopher Lopez declined to place a temporary restraining order over the results of the auction selling Infowars’ website,

A bankruptcy judge in Houston held a status conference Monday afternoon to discuss Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ attempt to halt the sale of his Infowars platform to satirical news site The Onion and set a sale hearing date.