STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING HEARING DATE AND EXCLUDING TIME FROM THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT CALCULATION

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

The Defendant, GLORIA DEAN STORY, represented by Grace DiLaura, Assistant Federal Public Defender, and the Government, represented by Christopher Vieira, Special Assistant United States Attorney, appeared before the Court on December 13, 2017 for a status conference. Defense counsel represented that additional time was needed for attorney preparation.

The Court set a further status conference for January 17, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. Defendant requested that time be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act between December 13, 2017 and January 17, 2018 to conduct necessary investigation. The Government did not object to the request to exclude time.

Therefore, the parties agree, and the Court finds and holds, as follows:

1. This matter is set before this Court for a status conference on January 17, 2018.

2. The time between December 13, 2017 and January 17, 2018 is excluded under the Speedy Trial Act. Failure to grant the requested continuance would deny defense counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv). The ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial and in the prompt disposition of criminal cases. See id. § 3161(h)(7)(A).

IT IS SO ORDERED.