STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Phillip A. Talbert, Acting U.S. Attorney, through James Conolly, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Benjamin D. Galloway, attorney for Joseph Sharpe, and attorneys, William Bonham, counsel for Donald Loyde Harned; and Dustin Johnson, counsel for Edwin Forrest Ludwig, III, that the status conference scheduled for November 4, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., be vacated and the matter continued to January 6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., for further status conference.

This continuance is necessary because the parties are working to resolve the case. Additional time is needed for investigation and discussion in furtherance of resolution. Based on this understanding, counsel for the government does not object to the continuance.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded of this order's date through and including January 6, 2017; pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv)[reasonable time to prepare] and General Order 479, Local Code T4 based upon continuity of counsel and defense preparation.

Counsel and the defendants also agree that the ends of justice served by the Court granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, the Court, having received, read, and considered the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing therefrom, adopts the parties' stipulation in its entirety as its order. The Court specifically finds the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. The Court finds the ends of justice are served by granting the requested continuance and outweigh the best interests of the public and defendants in a speedy trial.

The Court orders the time from the date the parties stipulated, up to and including January 6, 2017, shall be excluded from computation of time within which the trial of this case must be commenced under the Speedy Trial Act, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and(B)(iv) [reasonable time for counsel to prepare] and General Order 479, (Local Code T4). It is further ordered the November 4, 2016 status conference shall be continued until January 6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.