Opinion
No. 2:06-CR-0288 WBS
01-17-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. REGINALD BOWERS, Defendant.
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER Acting Federal Defender TIMOTHY ZINDEL Assistant Federal Defender Attorney for REGINALD BOWERS BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney JASON HITT Assistant U.S. Attorney
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER, Bar #87692
Acting Federal Defender
TIMOTHY ZINDEL, Bar #158377
Assistant Federal Defender
801 I Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 498-5700
Attorney for Defendant
REGINALD BOWERS
STIPULATION AND ORDER
CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE
AND EXCLUDING TIME
Date: January 22, 2013
Judge: Hon. William B. Shubb
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED between plaintiff, United States of America, and defendant, Reginald Bowers, through their respective attorneys, that the status conference scheduled for January 22, 2013, may be continued to February 11, 2013, at 9:30 a.m.
The parties have reached an agreement resolving the pending forfeiture (2:06-CV-02839 WBS) and the government has dismissed the indictment as to the co-defendant. An agreement to resolve the criminal charge pending against Mr. Bowers is imminent but the proposals under discussion have yet to be finally reviewed or approved within the U.S. Attorney's Office. To afford time to complete their negotiations, the parties agree that time under the Speedy Trial Act should be excluded through February 11, 2013, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER
Acting Federal Defender
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TIMOTHY ZINDEL
Assistant Federal Defender
Attorney for REGINALD BOWERS
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
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JASON HITT
Assistant U.S. Attorney
ORDER
The status conference is continued to February 11, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. For the reasons set forth above, the court finds that the ends of justice to be served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial and therefore excludes time under the Speedy Trial Act through February 11, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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WILLIAM B. SHUBB
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE