Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, will have his first court hearing Saturday from his hospital room.Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, will have his first court hearing Saturday from his hospital room.

An attorney for the U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's civilian attorney, John Galligan, said Friday that prosecutors notified him of their plans for the hearing at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Hasan has been recovering there since the Nov. 5 rampage that left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded. Hasan was shot by civilian members of Fort Hood's police force.

The hearing is to determine whether Hasan will be placed in pre-trial confinement, which usually means jail. But Galligan says he will argue that Hasan should remain in intensive care because he is paralyzed and still needs hospital care.