STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Benjamin Wagner, U.S. Attorney, through Matthew Morris, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Jerome Price, attorney for Chad Carl Jaycox, that the status conference scheduled for March 25, 2016 be vacated and be continued to May 20, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

The reasons for the continuance are to investigate the facts of the case, review discovery and to negotiate a resolution to this matter. Additionally, defense counsel, Jerome Price, was recently assigned to this case in place of Matthew S. Scoble.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from this order's date through and including May 20, 2016, 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.

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 defendant in a speedy trial.

The Court orders the time from the date the parties stipulated, up to and including May 20, 2016, 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 March 25, 2016 status conference shall be continued until May 20, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. before Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr.