March 10th is a hard deadline. However, the debtors will file a plan before then. If one believes the $4 billion is was a precondition to file a plan, even if Walrath orders a hearing on the matter, the hearing will be scheduled soon imho. Also, the new loss carryback provisions seem to indicate the holding company will have a couple more billion in six or so weeks. The holding company was kind of giving Walrath a nudge to hurry things up.