[JURIST] Media magnate Conrad Black [CBC profile; JURIST news archive] returned to the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] Thursday for a status hearing before judge Amy St. Eve [official biography]. St. Eve will begin the process of deciding whether to free the Canadian-born newspaper tycoon for time served, or re-sentence him on fraud and obstruction of justice charges. Black was released on bond [JURIST report] in July after a June Supreme Court ruling [opinion,…