UNOPPOSED MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

GLORIA M. NAVARRO, Chief District Judge.

COMES NOW THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through DANIEL G. BOGDEN, United States Attorney, and Susan Cushman, Assistant United States Attorney, and hereby moves this Court for an order to consolidate this case with United States v. Saleumkiat L. Kayarath, case number 2:15-cr-0305-KJD-NJK for all further proceedings.

On October 29, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned a nine-count criminal indictment charging Saleumkiat KAYARATH, Ardis Vanfossan, Chayphet Voravong, and John Tacorda with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii) and related offenses. The case was assigned to Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro. On July 18, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Vermont returned a sealed two-count indictment charging KAYARATH with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). That has since been unsealed and the case has been transferred to the District of Nevada under Rule 20 and assigned Case No. 2:15-cr-305-KJD-NJK.

KAYARATH has entered into written plea agreements with the United States in both cases. A change of plea in Case No. 2:14-cr-0353-GMN-GWF is scheduled for November 23, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. In the interest of judicial economy, the United States respectfully requests this Court to order that this case be consolidated with Case No. 5:13-cr-104. KAYARATH is prepared to enter a guilty plea in Case No. 2:15-cr-305-KJD-NJK and would like to do so on November 23, 2015. The conduct in both cases is related. Richard Schonfeld, Esq., counsel for defendant, was contacted by undersigned counsel and agrees with the proposed consolidation of the cases.

SO ORDERED.