STIPULATION AND ORDER EXCLUDING TIME PURSUANT TO THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

BETH LABSON FREEMAN, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated between the defendant Jorge Jasso through his counsel Robert E. Carey, Jr., and the government, through Assistant United States Attorney Claudia A. Quiroz, that the further status date of February 4, 2020, at 8:30am be continued to February 18, 2020 at 8:30am. The rationale underlying this continuance is to coordinate issues regarding the legal representation of Mr. Jasso in two separate cases.

1. The parties agree that the time between February 4 and February 18, 2020, should be excluded for the calculation of time under the Speedy Trial Act so that defense counsel has sufficient time to prepare, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.

2. Given these circumstances, the ends of justice served by excluding the period from February 4, 2020 through February 18, 2020 from Speedy Trial Act calculations outweigh the interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial by allowing for the defense to prepare effectively and for continuity of counsel, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

Good cause having been shown, the period from February 4, 2020 through February 18, 2020 is excluded from the Speedy Trial Act calculations. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by excluding that period from Speedy Trial Act calculations outweigh the interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial by allowing for the defense to prepare effectively, and for continuity of counsel, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.