The 29-year-old man accused of starting a fire that eventually turned into the deadly and destructive Palisades Fire is set to appear in court Tuesday to ask a judge to release him from custody while he awaits trial.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a former resident of Pacific Palisades, was arrested in Florida in October.
He has pleaded not guilty to one count of destruction of property by means of fire, one count of arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and one county of timber set a fire…