STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE

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

The United States of America, through its counsel Assistant U. S. Attorney William S. Wong, and Christopher Sean Geanakos, through his counsel Clyde M. Blackmon, stipulate that the status conference now scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on July 9, 2015, may be continued to 9:00 a.m. on August 13, 2015.

Mr. Geanakos is charged with the receipt and distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2253(a). At trial the government will rely on evidence obtained from Mr. Geanakos's computer which was seized pursuant to a search warrant. The Court has previously authorized counsel for Mr. Geanakos to obtain the services of a forensic expert to examine the hard drive in Mr. Geanakos's computer. Pursuant to that authorization, counsel has retained Marcus Lawson of Global CompuSearch, LLC to conduct a forensic examination of the hard drive. On February 23, 2015, the Court, pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, issued a protective order which permits Mr. Lawson to examine the hard drive and report his findings to counsel for Mr. Geanakos. Mr. Lawson has completed his examination of the hard drive. However, due to Mr. Lawson's and defense counsel's schedules, counsel for Mr. Geanakos has not been able to meet with Mr. Lawson to discuss the results of his examination of the computer hard drive. Counsel has arranged a meeting with Mr. Lawson on July 16, 2015, to discuss Lawson's findings. Once counsel has met with Mr. Lawson he will need additional time to discuss Lawson's finding with Mr. Geanakos. The parties, therefore, request the Court to continue the currently scheduled status conference to August 13, 2015.

The parties further stipulate that the time from the currently set status conference on July 9, 2015, through August 13, 2015, the requested date for the continued status conference, should be excluded from computation of the time period in which trial should commence under the Speedy Trial Act. The parties agree that, taking into account the exercise of due diligence, the ends of justice would be served by the Court excluding that time period from computation because of the necessity for the defense to assess the results of the forensic examination of the computer hard drive and the need for defense counsel to have reasonable time for effective preparation. 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) (Local Code T4).

For these reasons, Mr. Geanakos, his counsel and the government stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance of the status conference outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the status conference currently set for July 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. is continued to August 13, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. For the reasons stipulated by the parties, good cause exists pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), and time is excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through August 13, 2015. For the reason set forth in the stipulation of the parties, the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) (Local Code T4).

IT IS SO ORDERED.