Opinion
Case No. 2:12-CR-00389-MCE
02-21-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Mordechay Altit, et al., Defendants.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney LEE S. BICKLEY Assistant United States Attorneys Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America Joseph T. Vodnoy Counsel for Defendant Shay Din Altit
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
LEE S. BICKLEY
Assistant United States Attorneys
Attorneys for Plaintiff
United States of America
STIPULATION REGARDING
CONINUATION OF STATUS
CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDABLE
TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL
ACT; FINDINGS AND ORDER
JUDGE: MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.
STIPULATION
Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant Shay Din Altit , by and through his counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on February 21, 2013.
2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the status conference as to Shay Din Altit only until April 4, 2013, and to exclude time between February 21, 2013 and April 4, 2013, under Local Code T4. Plaintiff does not oppose this request.
3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:
a. The government has represented that the discovery associated with this case includes over 700 pages of investigative reports and bank records and related documents plus numerous jail house calls. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.
b. Counsel for defendant desires additional time to consult with his client, to review the plea offer extended by the United States and to discuss it with his client and the United States, to review the current charges, to conduct investigation and research related to the charges, to review and copy discovery for this matter, and to discuss potential resolutions with his client.
c. Counsel for defendant believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.
d. The government does not object to the continuance.
e. Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.
f. For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period of February 21, 2013 to April 4, 2013, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code T4] because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
4. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.
5. Counsel for defendant Mordechay Altit filed on December 13, 2012, a stipulation and proposed order requesting that his status conference be moved until Thursday, March 14, 2013. IT IS SO STIPULATED.
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Lee S. Bickley
Assistant United States Attorney
Lee. S. Bickley for
Joseph T. Vodnoy
Counsel for Defendant Shay Din Altit
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE