Stipulation to Continue the Response and Reply to the Defendant's Motion to Suppress

RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between DAYLE ELIESON, United States Attorney, and CHRISTOPHER BURTON, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for the United States of America, and WILLIAM TERRY, ESQ., and YI LIN ZHENG, ESQ., counsel for Defendant NICHOLAS LEWIS, that the deadline for the response to the Motion to Suppress Evidence, currently scheduled for December 28, 2018, and the deadline for the reply, currently scheduled for January 4, 2019, be continued for thirty days.

IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED, that the government shall have to and including January 28, 2019, to file any response to the pending Motion to Suppress.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, that the defendant herein shall have to and including February 4, 2019, to file any reply in support of the Motion to Supress.

This stipulation is entered into for the following reasons:

1. Counsel for the government has extended an offer to resolve the case short of litigating the pending Motion to Suppress and the parties need additional time to pursue the proposed negotiation.

2. If the parties fail to resolve the case through negotiation, the additional time is necessary for the parties to prepare the written pleadings and litigate the Motion to Suppress.

3. The parties agree to the continuance.

4. The defendant is currently released on conditions pending trial and does not object to a continuance.

5. This is the first stipulation to continue the pleadings deadline filed herein.

ORDER

Based on the pending Stipulation of counsel, and good cause appearing therefore, the Court finds that:

1. Counsel for the government has extended an offer to resolve the case short of litigating the pending Motion to Suppress and the parties need additional time to pursue the proposed negotiation.

2. If the parties fail to resolve the case through negotiation, the additional time is necessary for the parties to prepare the written pleadings and litigate the Motion to Suppress.

3. The parties agree to the continuance.

4. The defendant is currently released on conditions pending trial and does not object to a continuance.

5. This is the first stipulation to continue the pleadings deadline filed herein.

For all of the above-stated reasons, the ends of justice would best be served by a continuance of the deadlines for the government's response and the defendant's reply to the pending Motion to Suppress.

ORDER

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the government shall have to and including January 28, 2019, to file any and all responsive pleading to the Motion to Suppress.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the defendant shall have to and including February 4, 2019, to file any replies in support of the Motion to Suppress.