STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Assistant United States Attorney Jason Hitt, counsel for Plaintiff, and Jeffrey L. Staniels, CJA Counsel for Defendant Tiquon Hicks, that the status conference currently scheduled for May 18, 2017, be vacated and the matter be continued until July 20, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. for status conference.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act be excluded between May 18, 2017, and July 20, 2017, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

Defense investigation has commenced but is not completed. Continuing investigation into the case, which involves at least two search warrants, includes inquiries directed at potential motions related issues, and it appears at present that motions to suppress will be called for in due course.

In light of the current status of this case and the anticipated defense preparation that is needed the court is requested to authorize this continuance and find that the interests of justice furthered by granting this request outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a Speedy Trial.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

ORDER

The attached stipulation for a continuance is hereby GRANTED.

This case is continued until July 20, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. before this court for status conference. The court finds that the requested delay is reasonable and that the interests of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

Time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act is hereby excluded between May 18, 2017 and July 20, 2017 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

IT IS SO ORDERED.