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 January 16, 2018, may be continued to February 6, 2018, at 9:15 a.m.

The government has provided a large amount of additional discovery on multiple devices, consisting of several years of emails from various persons. Defense counsel continue to review that material but need additional time to do so. However, the parties anticipate setting a trial date at the next status and will confer over the next two weeks to decide when they will be ready for trial.

All counsel agree that the status conference should be continued to February 6, 2018, 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 February 6, 2018.

ORDER

The status conference is continued to February 6, 2018, 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 February 6, 2018, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.