STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE AND TO EXCLUDE TIME

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney, through Andre Espinosa, Assistant United States Attorney, attorney for Plaintiff, and Heather Williams, Federal Defender, through Assistant Federal Defender, Alexandra P. Negin, attorney for Bryce Studebaker, that the status conference set for August 8, 2019, be continued to October 24, 2019, at 9:30 a.m.

The reasons for this continuance are to allow defense counsel additional time to review discovery, to examine possible defenses and to continue investigating the facts of the case. Further, defense counsel will engage services of an expert to analyze the forensic evidence in this case.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties agree time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded from the date of the parties' stipulation through and including October 24, 2019; pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv) [reasonable time to prepare] and General Order 479, Local Code T4 based upon continuity of counsel and defense preparation.

Counsel and the defendant also agree that the ends of justice served by the Court granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

ORDER

The Court, having received, read, and considered the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, adopts the stipulation in its entirety as its order. The Court specifically finds that the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny defense counsel reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and defendant in a speedy trial.

The Court orders the status conference rescheduled for October 24, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. The Court orders the time from the date of the parties stipulation, up to and including October 24, 2019, excluded from computation of time within which the trial of this case must commence under the Speedy Trial Act, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§3161(h)(7), and Local Code T4.