STIPULATION AND ORDER (PROPOSED) CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME

GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between defendants, Benjamin Macias and Sergio Ambriz, and plaintiff, United States of America, that the status conference scheduled for March 4, 2016, may be continued to April 15, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

Mr. Macias and Mr. Ambriz continue to review discovery, including audio and video surveillance recordings. Counsel for Mr. Ambriz also seeks time to consult with an immigration expert about records received from Citizenship and Immigration Services. That consultation is necessary to evaluate resolution of the case.

Accordingly, the parties agree that time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from the date of this order through April 15, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (b)(iv), to afford the parties adequate time for effective preparation and to assure continuity of counsel. The parties agree that the ends of justice served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and of Mr. Macias and of Mr. Ambriz in a speedy trial and ask the Court to so find.

ORDER

The status conference scheduled for March 4 is continued to April 15, 2016, at 9:00 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 defendants in a speedy trial. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through April 15, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.