REQUEST FOR RULE 43 WAIVER FOR PLEA AND SENTENCING; ORDER

MICHAEL J. SENG, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43(b)(2), Kyle Corbett, having been advised of his right to be personally present at all stages of the proceedings, hereby requests that this Court permit him to waive his right to personally appear for plea and sentencing at the January 23, 2018 hearing and that he be allowed to appear by video from the United States District Court in Los Angeles, California. The Government has no objection to this request. This Court, pursuant to Rule 43(b)(2), has the authority to allow Mr. Corbett to appear by video for plea and sentencing.

Mr. Corbett currently resides in Long Beach, California, where he is staying with extended family and is without a vehicle. Nonetheless, the parties have reached a resolution and are prepared to go forward with plea and sentencing on January 23, 2018 at 10 a.m. Mr. Corbett respectfully requests that the Court grant a waiver of his right to be personally present and that he be permitted to appear via video from the United States District Court in Los Angeles, California, for purposes of plea and sentencing.

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, defendant's request for waiver of personal appearance and to appear via video at the January 23, 2018 change-of-plea hearing in Case No. 6:16-mj-00097-MJS, is hereby accepted and adopted as the order of this Court PROVIDED that Defendant make suitable and timely arrangements to appear by video from the United States District Court in Los Angeles, California, and a fully executed written plea agreement is submitted to the Court at least 48 hours before the hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.