Filed: Mar. 25, 2014
Latest Update: Mar. 25, 2014
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge. It is hereby stipulated between the parties, Jason Hitt, Assistant United States Attorney, Michael D. Long, attorney for defendant Darren Betz, that the status conference date of March 31, 2014, should be continued until June 9, 2014. The continuance is necessary because Mr. Long and Mr. Hitt are still negotiating a plea disposition and have not finalized the terms as of yet. Time has previously be
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge. It is hereby stipulated between the parties, Jason Hitt, Assistant United States Attorney, Michael D. Long, attorney for defendant Darren Betz, that the status conference date of March 31, 2014, should be continued until June 9, 2014. The continuance is necessary because Mr. Long and Mr. Hitt are still negotiating a plea disposition and have not finalized the terms as of yet. Time has previously bee..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE
WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.
It is hereby stipulated between the parties, Jason Hitt, Assistant United States Attorney, Michael D. Long, attorney for defendant Darren Betz, that the status conference date of March 31, 2014, should be continued until June 9, 2014. The continuance is necessary because Mr. Long and Mr. Hitt are still negotiating a plea disposition and have not finalized the terms as of yet. Time has previously been excluded up until March 31, 2014, and the parties continue to jointly agree that time should continue to be excluded until June 9, 2014. Each party further stipulates that the ends of justice served by granting such continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and of all the defendants in a speedy trial. Each party would like time to be excluded as provided by Local Code T4 from today's date through June 9, 2014.
IT IS STIPULATED that the period of time from the signing of this Order up to and including the new court date of June 9, 2014, be excluded in computing the time within which trial must commence under the Speedy Trial Act, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7) and Local Code T4, for ongoing preparation of counsel.
Dated: March 24, 2014. BENJAMIN WAGNER
United States Attorney
JASON HITT
Assistant U.S. Attorney
UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN and the stipulation of all parties, it is ordered that the status conference presently set for March 31, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. be continued to June 9, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. Based on the representations of counsel and good cause appearing therefrom, the Court hereby finds that the failure to grant a continuance in this case, based on the parties still negotiating the terms of a proposed plea agreement, would deny defense counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account due diligence. The court finds that the reasons for granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants to a speedy trial. It is ordered that time from this date to June 9, 2014, shall continue to be excluded from computation of the time within which the trial of this matter must be commenced under the Speedy Trial Act pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7) and Local Code T4, to allow counsel time to prepare and to complete negotiations.
