STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDE TIME

EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties through their respective counsel, Special Assistant United States Attorney ROBERT ARTUZ and Assistant Federal Defender LINDA C. ALLISON, attorney for KRISTINE RICHARDS, that the Court vacate the status conference scheduled for November 13, 2017 and continue the matter to December 11, 2017, at 10:00 am. Defense counsel requires additional time to continue investigating the facts of the case, reviewing discovery and negotiating a resolution to this matter.

The parties stipulate that for the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, the Court should exclude time from the date of this order through December 11, 2017, for defense preparation and investigation. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv) [Local Code T4].

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, the Court, having received, read, and considered the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing therefrom, adopts the parties' stipulation in its entirety as its order. The Court specifically finds the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. The Court finds the ends of justice are served by granting the requested continuance and outweigh the best interests of the public and defendant in a speedy trial.

The Court orders the time from the date the parties stipulated, up to and including December 11, 2017, shall be excluded from computation of time within which the trial of this case must be commenced under the Speedy Trial Act, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and(B)(iv) [reasonable time for counsel to prepare] and General Order 479, (Local Code T4). It is further ordered the November 13, 2017 status conference shall be continued until December 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. before Hon. Edmund F. Brennan.