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Lyle Jeffs says he should be let out of jail because his trial in a multimillion-dollar food-stamp-fraud scheme has been pushed back to October.
The FLDS leader's attorney says in new court filing Thursday that her client's constitutional rights will be violated if he's kept behind bars until October.
The 10 other defendants have been granted supervised release pending trial.
Federal public defender Kathryn Nester says none of the other defendants have tried to flee, disproving the prosecution's theory that none of them respect court orders due to their religious beliefs.
In April, U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart denied Jeffs' previous request to be let out, saying the polygamous sect leader couldn't be trusted to adhere to conditions of release because of his loyalty to his brother, imprisoned Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints President Warren Jeffs.