STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between plaintiff, United States of America, and defendants, Juan Carlos Montalbo and Wayne A. York II, that the status conference scheduled for October 3, 2017, may be continued to December 5, 2017, at 9:15 a.m.

The government has provided a large amount of additional discovery on multiple devices, largely consisting of several years of emails from various persons. Defense counsel have begun to review the materials but need substantial additional time to do so. The new discovery is crucial to evaluation of the case.

All counsel agree that the status conference should be continued to December 5, 2017, and ask the Court to order time excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through that date in order to afford necessary time for effective preparation. The parties agree that the interests of justice to be served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of the defendants and the public in a speedy trial, and ask the Court to order time excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (b)(iv), through December 5, 2017.

ORDER

The status conference is continued to December 5, 2017, at 9:15 a.m. The court finds that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial for the reasons stated above. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through December 5, 2017, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.