DALE A. DROZD, District Judge.
It is hereby stipulated by and between McGregor Scott, United States Attorney and Laurel Montoya, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Dale A. Blickenstaff, Attorney for the Defendant, that the hearing date set for December 5, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Dale A. Drozd be continued to January 9, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.
A continuance of the hearing is necessary because Mr. Euresti needs additional time to consider his guilty plea and to calculate, more accurately, his sentencing exposure and options.
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 that 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).
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 Jimmy Euresti currently set for December 5, 2018, is continued to January 9, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.