UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT'S DEADLINE TO DISCLOSE EXPERT WITNESSES

(FIRST REQUEST)

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

COMES NOW Defendant BENJAMIN GALECKI by and through CJA counsel and hereby timely files this Unopposed Motion to Extend Defendant's Deadline to Disclose Expert Witnesses (First Request). This Motion is made and based upon the below justification, all papers and pleadings on file herein, along with any oral argument deemed necessary by this court:

1. The current deadline for Defendants to disclose expert witnesses is November 23, 2016.

2. Counsel has conferred with his client who does not object to this request for an extension.

3. Counsel has conferred with co-defendant counsel on the selection of experts in an effort fully cover all areas of science needed to present cogent defenses for our respective clients.

4. In October of 2016, Defendant's Galecki and Ritchie were tried in the Eastern District of Virginia on the same violations of law as charged here related to operations of the business named in the instant Superseding Indictment.

5. The 3 week trial in Virginia ended with a deadlocked jury unable to reach a decision based upon the complexity of the scientific issues similarly before this court.

6. Counsel now respectfully requests a 2 week extension of time to disclose experts in this case in order to confer with co-defendant counsel to insure that our experts witnesses cover all necessary areas of science to support our clients' theories of defense.

7. This would make the deadline for defendant's disclosure of expert witnesses December 7, 2016.

8. On or about November 23, 2016, Counsel spoke with Government Counsel Brian Sardelli who agreed to the filing of this motion as `Unopposed'.

9. This Unopposed Motion is not brought for purposes of seeking an extension to the current trial date of February 6, 2016.

10. This unopposed request for additional time is brought in good faith and not for purposes of delay or to prejudice any party.

IT IS SO ORDERED.