STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Benjamin Wagner, U.S. Attorney, through Samuel Wong and Christiaan Highsmith, Assistant United States Attorneys, attorneys for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Matthew C. Bockmon, attorney for Gerald Mora, through Kelly Babineau, attorney for Richard Puffer, through Michael Chastaine, attorney for Jasper Tendoy and through Michael Long, attorney for Cody Preacher, that the status conference scheduled for September 17, 2015 be vacated and continued to October 1, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

The reasons for this continuance are to allow defense counsel additional time to review discovery with the defendants, to continue investigating the facts of the case, and to negotiate a resolution to this matter.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded of this order's date through and including October 1, 2015; pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h)(7)(A)and (B)(iv)[reasonable time to prepare] and General Order 479, Local Code T4 based upon continuity of counsel and defense preparation.

Counsel and the defendant also agree that the ends of justice served by the Court granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. Respectfully submitted,

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 October 1, 2015, 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 September 17, 2015 status conference shall be continued until October 1, 2015, at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.