The U.S. case for Dotcom's extradition has however run into some issues.

Warrants used to seize external hard drives, laptops and phones from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion in January were illegal, as also the shipment of copies of seized data overseas to the U.S., a New Zealand High Court judge .

His lawyers seeking relief and reparation from the government after the Judge's order.

Judge David J. Harvey of the District Court at North Shore said that the counsels were agreed that the Aug. 6 date for the extradition should be abandoned in view of proceedings before the High Court to consider the remedies that were to be provided for unlawful search, the review proceedings in respect of to Dotcom to help him fight his extradition, and the clear indication that the U.S. would appeal the decision on the unlawfulness of the search.

The IDG News Service