STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE, AND TO EXCLUDE TIME

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their respective counsel, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, through Assistant United States Attorney Samuel Wong, attorney for Plaintiff; Federal Defender Heather Williams, through Assistant Federal Defender Sean Riordan, attorney for defendant Oliver Lopez Alvarado; Clemente Jimenez, attorney for defendant Marco Antonio Esquivel-Cornejo; and Dina Lee Santos, attorney for Jesus Argel Esquivel-Cornejo; that the previously scheduled status conference date of January 12, 2017 be vacated and the matter be set for status conference on March 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

The reasons for the continuance are that Sean Riordan has recently been assigned to represent Defendant, Oliver Lopez Alvarado. Mr. Riordan requires time to review discovery of approximately 24,000 items (document pages, photographs, videos, audio recordings) provided and defense counsel requires additional time to review discovery, conduct additional investigation and legal research, and confer with clients about a resolution of this matter.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from the date of this stipulation, January 10, 2017, through and including March 2, 2017; pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h)(7)(A)and (B)(iv)[reasonable time to for defense counsel to prepare] and General Order 479, Local Code T4 based upon defense preparation.

All counsel and the defendants also agree that: (1) the failure to grant the requested continuance would deny defense counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence; and (2) the ends of justice served by the Court granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial.

ORDER

The Court, having received, read, and considered the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing therefore, adopts the parties' stipulation in its entirety as its order. It specifically finds the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny defense counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. The Court further finds the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and defendants in a speedy trial.

Time from the date the parties' stipulation, January 10, 2017, up to and including March 2, 2017, 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 defense counsel to prepare] and General Order 479, (Local Code T4). It is further ordered the January 12, 2017 status conference shall be continued until March 2, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.