STIPULATION AND [] ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE FROM MARCH 6, 2014 TO MAY 15, 2014 AND EXCLUDING TIME FROM MARCH 6, 2014 TO MAY 15, 2014, FROM CALCULATIONS UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT (18 U.S.C. § 3161)

D. LOWELL JENSEN, District Judge.

The parties hereby request that the Court enter this order vacating the status conference in this matter scheduled for March 6, 2014, setting a further status conference for May 15, 2014, and excluding time from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014. The parties, including the defendant Dennis Collins, stipulate as follows:

1. Defendant understands and agrees to the exclusion of time from calculations under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014, based upon the need for the defense counsel to investigate further the facts of the present case. The government has provided considerable discovery in the present case, and defense counsel need time to review the discovery, evaluate further possible defenses and motions available to the defendant.

2. In addition, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has charged defendant for similar criminal conduct in United States v. Dennis Collins, et. al., No. 1:13-CR-00383 LO. The District Court in that case has scheduled a motions hearing for May 2, 2014, and trial for October 7, 2014. The parties agree that a status conference will not be meaningful until after the May 2, 2014 motions hearing.

3. The attorney for defendant joins in the request to exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. ` 3161, for the above reasons, and believe the exclusion of time is necessary for effective preparation of the defense; believe the exclusion is in the defendant=s best interests; and further agree that the exclusion under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. ` 3161, should be from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014.

Given these circumstances, the parties believe, and request that the Court vacate the March 6, 2014 status conference, set May 15, 2014 as a further status hearing and find, that the ends of justice are served by excluding from calculations the period from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014, outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A) & (B)(iv).

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

[] ORDER

Having considered the stipulation of the parties, the Court finds that: (1) the defendant understands and agrees to the exclusion of time from calculations under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. `3161, from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014 based upon the need for the defense counsel to investigate further the facts of the present case, review the discovery that the government has already provided and evaluate further possible defenses and motions available to the defendant; (2) the exclusion of time is necessary for effective preparation of the defense and is in the defendant=s best interests; and (3) the ends of justice are served by excluding from calculations the period from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014.

Accordingly, the Court further orders that (1) the status conference in this matter scheduled for March 6, 2014 is vacated; (2) a further status conference is scheduled for May 15, 2014; and (3) the time from March 6, 2014 through May 15, 2014 is excluded from time calculations under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. ` 3161.

IT IS SO ORDERED.