STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING PURSUANT TO RULE 5.1(d) AND EXCLUSION OF TIME

CAROLYN K. DELANEY, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its attorney of record, Assistant United States Attorney James R. Conolly, and defendants Edgar MUNGUIA (a/k/a Gildardo Barrios), Marisa MUNGUIA, and Antonio SOTO-PEREZ, individually and by and through their counsel of record, Lexi Negin, Mary Ann Bird, and Etan Zaitsu, respectively, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. The Complaint in this case was filed on July 3, 2019, and defendants first appeared before a judicial officer of the Court in which the charges in this case were pending on July 12, 2019. The court set a preliminary hearing date of July 26, 2019. The other four defendants charged in the Complaint, listed in the caption above, have not yet appeared in this case, and therefore no preliminary hearings have been set with respect to those defendants.

2. By this stipulation, the parties who have appeared in this case jointly move for an extension of time of the preliminary hearing date to September 18, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., before the duty Magistrate Judge, pursuant to Rule 5.1(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The parties stipulate that the delay is required to allow the defense reasonable time for preparation, and for the government's continuing investigation of the case. The parties further 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).

3. The parties agree that good cause exists for the extension of time, and that the extension of time would not adversely affect the public interest in the prompt disposition of criminal cases. Therefore, the parties request that the time between July 26, 2019, and September 18, 2019, be excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), Local Code T-4.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

FINDINGS AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING PURSUANT TO RULE 5.1(d) AND EXCLUDING TIME

The Court has read and considered the Stipulation for Extension of Time for Preliminary Hearing Pursuant to Rule 5.1(d) and Exclusion of Time, filed by the parties in this matter on July 23, 2019. The Court hereby finds that the Stipulation, which this Court incorporates by reference into this Order, demonstrates good cause for an extension of time for the preliminary hearing date pursuant to Rule 5.1(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Furthermore, for the reasons set forth in the parties' stipulation, the Court finds 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 further finds that the extension of time would not adversely affect the public interest in the prompt disposition of criminal cases.

THEREFORE, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN:

1. The date of the preliminary hearing is extended to September 18, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.

2. The time between July 26, 2019, and September 18, 2019, shall be excluded from calculation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A).

3. Defendants shall appear at that date and time before the Magistrate Judge on duty.

IT IS SO ORDERED.