STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE, AND TO EXCLUDE TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Phillip A. Talbert, United States Attorney, through Roger Yang, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Toni White, attorney for Lashawndra Walker, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender Hannah R. Labaree, attorneys for Samantha Sampson, that the status conference scheduled for October 26, 2017 be vacated and continued to January 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

The reasons for the continuance are that the defense teams are continuing to review the discovery in this case; are investigating the facts; and are conducting further legal research. To date, the Government has produced 11,0967 pages of discovery including electronic discovery. Defense counsel is continuing to review with due diligence.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from the date of the parties' stipulation, October 18, 2017, through and including January 18, 2018, 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 defense preparation.

ORDER

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. It 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 further 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.

Time from the date the parties stipulated, October 18, 2017, up to and including January 18, 2018, 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 October 26, 2017 status conference shall be continued until January 18, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.