STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Benjamin Wagner, U.S. Attorney, through Jason Hitt, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Benjamin D. Galloway, attorney for Lamonte Rush and through Michael Long, attorney for LaGranger Jones, that the status conference scheduled for December 8, 2015 be vacated and continued to January 19, 2016 at 9:15 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. In addition, the government is in the process of providing additional discovery relevant to sentencing exposure. Finally, counsel for Mr. Jones will be in a homicide trial in state court for the next several weeks.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded of this order's date through and including January 19, 2016; 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.

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 January 19, 2016, 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 December 8, 2015 status conference shall be continued until January 19, 2016 at 9:15 a.m.