STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE FROM MAY 1, 2014, TO JUNE 19, 2014

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and through his counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on May 1, 2014.

2. By this stipulation, the defendant now moves to continue the status conference until June 19, 2014, and to exclude time between May 1, 2014, and June 19, 2014 under Local Code T4.

3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:

a. The government has represented that the discovery associated with this case includes several hundred pages of discovery. Included with this discovery is a significant amount of computer evidence. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying. In addition, defense counsel has been involved in other matters, to include trial in state court, that have limited his ability to adequately prepare.

b. Counsel for defendant believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. In addition, the requested continuance is necessary to ensure continuity of counsel.

c. The government does not object to the continuance.

d. Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.

e. For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., the time period of May 1, 2014 to June 19, 2014, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv), Local Code T4, because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

4. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

STIPULATION

The parties' above stipulation is approved and so ordered. The time beginning May 1, 2014, until June 19, 2014, is excluded from the calculation of time under the Speedy Trial Act. For the reasons contained in the parties' stipulation, this exclusion is appropriate to ensure effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv); Local Code T4. The interests of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A).

IT IS SO ORDERED.