U.S. v. Dimou, 2:16-CR-133 TLN. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. California
Number: infdco20180613b05
Visitors: 14
Filed: Jun. 12, 2018
Latest Update: Jun. 12, 2018
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT TROY L. NUNLEY , District Judge . Plaintiff United States of America by and through Assistant United States Attorney James Conolly, and Attorney Todd Leras on behalf of Defendant Athanasios Dimou, stipulate as follows: 1. This matter is presently set for a status conference on June 14, 2018. By this stipulation, Defendant Dimou moves to continue his status conference to August 2, 2018. The Offi
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT TROY L. NUNLEY , District Judge . Plaintiff United States of America by and through Assistant United States Attorney James Conolly, and Attorney Todd Leras on behalf of Defendant Athanasios Dimou, stipulate as follows: 1. This matter is presently set for a status conference on June 14, 2018. By this stipulation, Defendant Dimou moves to continue his status conference to August 2, 2018. The Offic..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT
TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff United States of America by and through Assistant United States Attorney James Conolly, and Attorney Todd Leras on behalf of Defendant Athanasios Dimou, stipulate as follows:
1. This matter is presently set for a status conference on June 14, 2018. By this stipulation, Defendant Dimou moves to continue his status conference to August 2, 2018. The Office of the Federal Defender had represented Mr. Dimou until appointment of replacement counsel on August 24, 2017.
2. Replacement counsel has obtained from the Office of the Federal Defender eight discs comprising discovery previously provided by the Government and continues to review it with Mr. Dimou. In addition, defense counsel has conducted additional investigation and is engaged in ongoing investigation of potential defenses and evidence in mitigation of potential sentence in the event of a negotiated disposition.
3. The events at issue in this case occurred in the Stockton region, approximately 50 miles driving distance from Sacramento. Defendant Dimou is being held at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada City, California. That facility is a driving distance of approximately 65 miles from downtown Sacramento, making client visits to review discovery and investigation reports more difficult than for inmates housed at the Sacramento Main Jail. This problem has been compounded due to defense counsel's trial schedule during the period from May 14 through June 4, 2018, which required that he remain near the federal courthouse in Sacramento.
4. Defendant Dimou therefore requests to continue the status conference in his matter to August 2, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., and to exclude time between June 14, 2018 and August 2, 2018 under Local Code T-4. The United States does not oppose this request.
5. Attorney Todd Leras represents and believes that failure to grant additional time as requested would deny Defendant Dimou the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, considering the exercise of due diligence.
6. Based on the above-stated facts, Defendant Dimou requests that the Court find that the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the best interest of the public and the Defendant in a trial within the time prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.
7. For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period of June 14, 2018 to August 2, 2018, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), and (B) (iv) [Local Code T-4] because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at Defendant Dimou's request on the basis that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial.
8. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Conolly has reviewed this proposed order and authorized Todd Leras via email to sign it on his behalf.
ORDER
BASED ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, it is hereby ordered that the status conference in this matter as to Athanasios Dimou, scheduled for June 14, 2018, is vacated. A new status conference for Athanasios Dimou is scheduled for August 2, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. The Court further finds, based on the representations of the parties and Defendant Dimou's request, that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. Time shall be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) and Local Code T-4, to allow necessary attorney preparation taking into consideration the exercise of due diligence for the period from June 14, 2018, up to and including August 2, 2018.
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