Filed: Jul. 26, 2018
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Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; FINDINGS AND ORDER WILLIAM B. SHUBB , District Judge . STIPULATION Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and through defendant's counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on July 30, 2018. 2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the status conference until October 1, 2018, and to exclude time
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; FINDINGS AND ORDER WILLIAM B. SHUBB , District Judge . STIPULATION Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and through defendant's counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on July 30, 2018. 2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the status conference until October 1, 2018, and to exclude time ..
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STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; FINDINGS AND ORDER
WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.
STIPULATION
Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and through defendant's counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on July 30, 2018.
2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the status conference until October 1, 2018, and to exclude time between July 30, 2018, and October 1, 2018, under Local Code T4.
3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:
a) The government has represented that the discovery associated with this case includes over 600 pages of discovery of investigative reports, Excel spreadsheets, images, and other materials, as well as numerous video discovery also includes voluminous contraband materials, including thousands of image files and at least 50 video files. All of this discovery has been made available to defense counsel for inspection and copying. Counsel for defendant desires additional time to review this discovery, confer with his client, consult experts if necessary, and conduct related investigation and research in furtherance of defense preparation.
b) Defense counsel has represented that he continues to assess a competency evaluation, which will require additional time to research, analyze and potentially pursue.
c) Defense counsel has recently been involved in several jury trials and other in-court commitments, which have occupied an unusual amount of time and attention. These include United States v. Galloway, 1:14-cr-114-DAD-BAM, United States v. Stagno, 2:17-cr-163-CKD, United States v. Winn, 2:17-cr-233-TLN, United States v. Gasca Rojas, 2:17-cr-177-JAM, and United States v. Flucas, 2:17-cr-209-KJM. The latter case was tried in June 2018 resulting in a partially hung jury, and is set to be retried on September 5, 2018 for an estimated three weeks. Defense counsel has represented the defendant from indictment, represents the defendant in a related case, and has invested substantial time conferring with this defendant. It would be extremely difficult for a substituted attorney to obtain the equivalent knowledge and experience relevant to this case, making continuity of counsel particularly significant.
d) Counsel for defendant believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.
e) The government does not object to the continuance.
f) Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.
g) 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 July 30, 2018 to October 1, 2018, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code T4] because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
4. 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.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
FINDINGS AND ORDER
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED.
