STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME PERIODS UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Plaintiff United States of America ("government") and defendant, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. By prior order, the Court set this matter for status conference to take place on October 16, 2012, and time was excluded through October 16, 2012, pursuant to Excludable Delay Code ("Local Code") T4.

2. The parties had anticipated that the forthcoming status conference would be converted into a change of plea and sentencing proceeding. However, the parties require time to further research and address issues raised by the recently received Pre-Plea Advisory Guideline Presentence Investigation Report ("Pre-Plea Report") in this case.

3. By this stipulation, defendant moves to continue the status conference until November 6, 2012 at 9:45 a.m., and to exclude time pursuant to Local Code T4. The government does not oppose this request.

4. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find, as follows:

a. The parties represent that they recently received the Pre-Plea Report prepared in this case, which raised issues requiring further review, research, and discussion.

b. Defendant's counsel desires additional time to consult with his client, review the Pre-Plea Report, and review the Pre-Plea Report with his client.

c. Defendant's counsel believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.

d. The government does not object to the continuance.

e. Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.

f. For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161 et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period from October 16, 2012, through and including November 6, 2012, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code T4], because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

5. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

The parties' stipulation, including the proposed findings, is HEREBY APPROVED.

IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED.