GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge.
The defendant, DENNIS MACHADO, by and through his undersigned counsel and the United States by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby agree and request that the change of plea currently set for Friday, June 24, 2016 at 9:00 am be vacated and reset on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:00 am.
Defense counsel has received a draft plea agreement from the government and a continuance is necessary to allow defense counsel additional time to conduct research as to the applicable sentencing guidelines, to meet and confer with the government and to further discuss negotiations and the proposed plea with his client who is currently incarcerated at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada City, CA.
The parties further stipulate that the failure to grant a continuance in this matter would deny counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence; that the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial; and that time should be excluded from the computation of time within which trial must commence under the Speedy Trial Act from June 24, 2016, up to and including July 8, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv) and Local Code T-4, to allow defense counsel reasonable time to prepare.
I, William E. Bonham, the filing party, have received authorization from AUSA Michelle Rodriguez to sign and submit this stipulation and proposed order on her behalf.
Accordingly, the defense and the United States agree and stipulate that the status conference for defendant Dennis Machado should be reset for Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:00 am before the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr.
The status conference currently set for Friday, June 24, 2016 at 9:00 am is vacated and reset on Friday, July 8, 2016, at 9:00 am.
I find that the failure to grant such a continuance would deny counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. Accordingly, the time within which the trial of this case must be commenced under the Speedy Trial Act is excluded from June 24, 2016, up to and including the date of the new status conference, July 8, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv) and Local Code T4. I specifically find that the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and defendants in a speedy trial within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h) (7) (A) and (B) (IV) and Local Code T-4.