Elon Musk’s legal team has responded to Twitter’s lawsuit against him, saying the company is demanding an unreasonably fast trial. In response, Musk’s team asks that the case not be heard until next year.

Twitter has pushed for the trial to take place in mid-September. Musk and Twitter’s merger agreement has an October 24th’presumptive drop-dead date’.

Twitter declined to comment on the matter, and pointed to its initial complaint filed Tuesday. Twitter declines to comment, pointing to its first complaint filed on Tuesday.

Twitter sued Musk earlier this week after he tried to bail on his $ 44 billion agreement to buy the company. He had n’t responded via the court until Friday, though on Tuesday, he did Tweet.