STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE PRELIMINARY HEARING

KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

The United States of America, through its counsel, Assistant U. S. Attorney Roger Yang, and defendant, John Richard Christensen, through Assistant Federal Defender, Matthew M. Scoble, stipulate that the Preliminary Hearing, currently scheduled for September 3, 2015, be continued to September 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

The continuance is necessary for defense preparation in conferring with defendant and the government to negotiate a resolution to this matter prior to an indictment being filed.

The parties agree that the above reasons constitute good cause to extend the time for preliminary hearing under Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1, and that the Court should extend the time within which the government must file an indictment to September 17, 2015.

The parties stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the defendant's request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial, and that this is an appropriate exclusion of time for defense preparation within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7) (Local Code T4).

ORDER

Finding good cause, the Court orders the preliminary hearing continued to September 17, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., before the Hon. Carolyn K. Delaney; and, time excluded for the reasons set forth above. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting the defendant's request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.