STIPULATION AND ORDER (PROPOSED) CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME

GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between defendant, Robert C. Chavez, and plaintiff, United States of America, that the status conference scheduled for April 22, 2016, may be continued to June 17, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

Defense counsel seeks additional time to review discovery materials with Mr. Chavez; to complete defense investigation, which involves interviews of multiple witnesses; to discuss his findings with counsel for the government; and to consider and propose possible resolutions.

Accordingly, the parties agree that time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from the date of this order through June 17, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (b)(iv), to afford the parties adequate time for effective preparation and to assure continuity of counsel. The parties agree that the interests of justice served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of Mr. Chavez and the public in a speedy trial.

ORDER

The status conference scheduled for April 22 is continued to June 17, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. The court finds that a continuance is necessary for the reasons stated above and that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Chavez in a speedy trial. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through June 17, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.