The judge overseeing a lawsuit against legislation creating a special commission to investigate complaints of misconduct by the state’s prosecutors is encouraging the parties involved in the litigation to enter into a stipulation that would delay the panel’s creation, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

The stipulation could be agreed to and signed in the coming days and would effectively postpone the formation of the panel until some point after state lawmakers pass a bill to change parts of the commission, which is scheduled to be created in January under the current statute.