STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING

DALE A. DROZD, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated by and between McGregor Scott, United States Attorney and Kimberly Sanchez, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Dale A. Blickenstaff, Attorney for the Defendant, that the hearing date set for April 9, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Dale A. Drozd be continued to May 29, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

A continuance of the hearing is necessary because Mr. DeLaTorre is currently undergoing a mental evaluation at the Federal Facility at Butner, North Carolina. The evaluation of Mr. DeLaTorre is to be completed on April 6, 2018, with a report due from the examiners within 14 working days from that date. A continuance of the hearing will allow the court and parties to receive and review that evaluation.

The parties stipulate that the time until the next hearing should be excluded from the calculation of time under the Speedy Trial Act. The parties stipulate tht the ends of justice are served by the court excluding such time, so that counsel for the Defendant may have reasonable time for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of diligence. 18 U.S.C. 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv). The parties stipulate and agree that the interests of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the Defendant in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. 3161(h)(7)(A).

ORDER

The court has reviewed and considered the stipulation of the parties to continue hearing in this case. Good cause appearing, the hearing is as to Rafael DeLaTorre currently set for April 9, 2018, is continued to May 29, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.