Lung lesions are by themselves alarming already. As if to say that their mere presence is not enough to put people on their toes, cavitating lung lesions are another example of the numerous types of lesions that can affect the lungs.
In such cases, only where counsel initiates a telephone request to be removed from the Assignment Court list and where a clerk of the Appeal Division scheduling unit has confirmed that all parties are ready to proceed and that a hearing date can be set will the case be removed from the Assignment Court list.
The judge will want to know the status of discovery, the need to for court assistance to move things along, the date of any possible upcoming events, the waiver of certain rights, etc. After a status hearing, which includes many preliminary hearings, the next steps occur, whatever they may be. A judge cannot drop a case - only the prosecutor can decide to drop a case. But, a judge can answer requests by the defense - and one such request is to dismiss a case for lack of evidence. But that does not occur until a request is made and that request, hopefully, is based upon sound legal argument and the rules and law.