STIPULATION AND ORDER

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and the Defendants, by and through each counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. Attorneys Hedberg and Bockmon need additional time to review discovery and need time to review it with their clients. Attorneys Hedberg and Bockmon have recently been appointed to represent their respective clients in this matter and needs further time to review the discovery and work with them.

2. By this stipulation, the defendant now move to continue the status conference until July 13, 2017 at 9:30 am, and to exclude time between April 25, 2017, and July 13, 2017, under Local Code T4. Plaintiff does not oppose this request.

3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:

a. The government has provided discovery associated with this case.

b. Counsel for the defendants desire time to consult with their clients, to review the current charges, to conduct investigation and research related to the charges, to review and copy discovery for these matters and to discuss potential resolutions with their clients.

Counsel for the defendants believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny them the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.

d. The government does not object to the continuance.

e. Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.

f. For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period of April 27, 2017, to July 13, 2017, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code T4] because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

4. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ordered that the April 27, 2017 status conference be continued to July 13, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. I find that the ends of justice warrant an exclusion of time and that the defendants' need for continuity of counsel and reasonable time for effective preparation exceeds the public interest in a trial within 70 days. THEREFORE IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that time be excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (h) (7) (B) (ii) and Local Code T4 from the date of this order to July 13, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.