STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

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

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Phillip A. Talbert, United States Attorney, through Amy Hitchcock, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Benjamin D. Galloway, attorneys for Joseph Sharpe, that the status conference scheduled for April 28, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., be vacated and the matter continued to May 19, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., for further status conference, as to defendant Joseph Robert Sharpe, only.

This continuance is necessary to allow the defense additional time to review discovery, investigate the facts of the case, analyze relevant law and application of the Sentencing Guidelines, and hold discussions in furtherance of a negotiated resolution.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded of this order's date through and including May 19, 2017; pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161 (h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv)[reasonable time to prepare] and General Order 479, Local Code T4 based upon continuity of counsel and defense preparation.

Counsel and the defendants also agree that 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

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

The Court orders the time from the date the parties stipulated, up to and including May 19, 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 counsel to prepare] and General Order 479, (Local Code T4). It is further ordered the April 28, 2017 status conference, as to defendant, Joseph Robert Sharpe, shall be continued until May 19, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.