STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE AND EXCLUDING TIME

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

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Assistant United States Attorney Katherine Lydon, counsel for Plaintiff and Jeffrey L. Staniels, court-appointed counsel for Defendant Jose Guadalupe Lopez-Ramirez, that the status conference set for September 30, 2016, be continued until November 4, 2016, at the request of counsel for the Defendant.

This continuance is sought to permit further time for preparation by recently substituted defense counsel. Review of work done by former counsel and of information provided by Mr. Lopez-Ramirez is necessary in order for current counsel to determine how to advise Mr. Lopez-Ramirez and to determine what further preparation is required.

It is further stipulated that that time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et. seq. be excluded between September 30, 2016, and November 4, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

Defense counsel believes that this continuance is reasonably necessary in order for him to provide effective assistance to the defendant and requests that the court find that the purposes served by granting this continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

The stipulation of the parties is hereby approved. The status conference in the above case is hereby continued from September 30, 2016, until November 4, 2016. Time for Trial under the Speedy Trial Act is excluded between September 30, 2016, and November 4, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

The court finds that granting this continuance for the reasons stipulated to by the parties is reasonable and that the interests of justice serve served by granting this continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a Speedy Trial.

IT IS SO ORDERED.