STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between plaintiff, United States of America, and defendants, Juan Carlos Montalbo and Wayne A. York II, that the status conference scheduled for December 5, 2017, may be continued to January 16, 2018, at 9:15 a.m.

The government has provided a large amount of additional discovery on multiple devices, consisting of several years of emails from various persons. Defense counsel continue to review that material but need additional time to do so. They have also requested additional discovery from the government, which they believe is crucial to evaluating the case.

All counsel agree that the status conference should be continued to January 16, 2018, and ask the Court to order time excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through that date in order to afford necessary time for effective preparation. The parties agree that the interests of justice to be served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of the defendants and the public in a speedy trial, and ask the Court to order time excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (b)(iv), through January 16, 2018.

ORDER

The status conference is continued to January 16, 2018, at 9:15 a.m. The court finds that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial for the reasons stated above. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through January 16, 2018, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.