STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING CASE AND EXCLUDING TIME

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

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Assistant United States Attorney Amanda Beck, counsel for Plaintiff, Dina Santos, counsel for Jose Vasquez, and Jeffrey L. Staniels, counsel for Feliciano Ochoa Reyes, that this case be dropped from this court's calendar for October 28, 2016, and be continued until January 6, 2017, for status.

Both Ms. Santos and Mr. Staniels have substituted in for previous counsel to assume representation of their respective clients. Discovery in the case exceeds 700 pages involving multiple applications, recordings and monitor's reports for four wiretaps. Mr. Reyes is also charged in a related case (for which a continuance request is being separately but contemporaneously prepared) which involves in excess of 3500 pages of discovery. Discussions of terms of possible settlement are under discussion in addition to continued analysis of discovery, consideration of potential motions, and other aspects of defense preparation. Given the extent of discovery the court is requested to find that a continuance to permit defense counsel further time to prepare outweighs the right of the defendants and the public for a speedy trial and that the length of the continuance sought is reasonable.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

The requested continuance is hereby GRANTED. The court finds that the reason for and the amount of time requested is reasonable and that the interests of justice advanced by granting this continuance outweigh the interests of the defendants and the public in a speedy trial. This matter is continued until January 6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. for status conference. Time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act is excluded until January 6, 2017, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

IT IS SO ORDERED.