STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Assistant United States Attorney Jason Hitt, counsel for Plaintiff, and Jeffrey L. Staniels, CJA Counsel for Defendant Tiquon Hicks, that the status conference currently scheduled for December 7, 2017, be vacated and the matter be continued until January 25, 2018, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. for status conference.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act be excluded between December 7, 2017, and January 25, 2018, 2017, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

Follow-up discovery has recently been received and defense investigation is continuing. As previously noted, the case involves at least two search warrants and includes inquiries directed at potential motions related issues, including motions to suppress.

In light of the current status of this case and the anticipated defense preparation that is needed the court is requested to authorize this continuance and find that the interests of justice furthered by granting this request outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a Speedy Trial.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

ORDER

The attached stipulation for acontinuance is hereby GRANTED.

This case is continued until January 25, 2018, at 9:20 a.m. before this court for atatus conference. The court finds that the requested delay is reasonalbe and that the interests of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

Time for trial under the Speedy Trial Act is hereby excluded between December 7, 2017 and January 25, 2018 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

IT IS ORDERED.