STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney, through Matthew Craig Thuesen, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Jerome Price, counsel for Defendant Patrick Slavin, that the status conference scheduled for April 11, 2019 may be vacated and continued to May 9, 2019, at 9:30 a.m.

Defense counsel contacted staff at BOP to find out status of their competency evaluation report and they have stated that they will need additional time to complete report. The new date should provide enough time for BOP to finish the report and for the Marshalls to have Mr. Slavin transported back to Sacramento for appearance at the status conference. Therefore, the parties request to continue the status conference to May 9, 2019.

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 9, 2019, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (h)(4), (h) (7) (A) and (B) (iv) and General Order 479, Local Code N and upon need for a competency evaluation, continuity of counsel, defense preparation, and 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.

ORDER

The Court, having reviewed 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 9, 2019, 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)(4), (h)(7)(A) and(B)(iv) and General Order 479, (Local Code N). It is further ordered that the April 11, 2019 status conference shall be continued until May 9, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. before District Judge Troy L. Nunley.

IT IS SO ORDERED.