STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE.

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Chief District Judge.

The United States of America, through its counsel Assistant U. S. Attorney Kyle F. Reardon, and Christopher Sean Geanakos, through his counsel Clyde M. Blackmon, stipulate that the status conference now scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on February 6, 2014, shall be continued to 9:00 a.m. on March 20, 2014.

A continuance of the currently set status conference is necessary to provide the defense with more time in which to review discovery and investigate various aspects of the case.

The parties further stipulate that the time from the currently set status conference on February 6, 2014, through March 20, 2014, the requested date for the continued status conference, should be excluded from computation of the time period in which trial should commence under the Speedy Trial Act. The parties stipulate that the ends of justice would be served by the Court excluding that time period from computation because of the volume of discovery in the matter and the need for defense counsel to have reasonable time for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h) (7) (B) (iv).

For these reasons, Mr. Geanakos, his counsel and the government stipulate and agree that the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance of the status conference outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial.

ORDER

The status conference currently set for February 6, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. is hereby CONTINUED to March 20, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. For the reasons stipulated by the parties, good cause exists pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h) (7) (B) (iv), and time is excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through March 20, 2014. For the reason set for in the stipulation of the parties, the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h) (7) (B) (iv) (Local Code T4).

IT IS SO ORDERED.