STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between defendant, Howard Duce Simon, and plaintiff, United States of America, that the status conference scheduled for March 29, 2018, may be continued to May 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

The defense continues to review discovery with Mr. Simon and requests additional time to determine how best to proceed. Defense investigation is ongoing and includes collection of school and other records the defense needs to obtain prior to further scheduling or resolution of the case. The parties therefore ask the Court to exclude time from the date of this order through May 17, 2018, to give them adequate time to prepare. The parties further ask to exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act from the date of this order through that date pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv). The parties agree that the interests of justice outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial and ask the Court to so find.

ORDER

The status conference is continued to May 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. The court finds that a continuance is necessary for the reasons stated above and that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through May 17, 2018, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.