Opinion
CASE NO. 2:12-CR-0328 WBS
02-15-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Robin DiMiceli and Edward Khalfin, Defendants.
Lee S. Bickley Assistant United States Attorney Kresta Nora Daly Counsel for Defendant Robin DiMiceli Marcus Daniel Merchasin Counsel for Defendant Edward Khalfin
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
TODD PICKLES
LEE S. BICKLEY
Assistant United States Attorneys
501 I Street, Suite 10-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 554-2700
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
United States of America
STIPULATION REGARDING
CONINUATION OF STATUS
CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDABLE
TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY
TRIAL ACT; [PROPOSED] FINDINGS
AND ORDER
DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2013
JUDGE: WILLIAM B. SHUBB
STIPULATION
Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendants Robin DiMiceli and Edward Khalfin, by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on February 25, 2013.
2. By this stipulation, defendants now move to continue the status conference until May 6, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., and to exclude time between February 25, 2013 and May 6, 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 investigative reports and files totaling more than 40,000 pages. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying. Defense counsel is in the process of reviewing this information and discussing discovery issues with the United States.
b. Counsel for the defendants desire additional time to consult with each of their clients, to review the current charges, to conduct investigation and research related to the charges, to review and copy discovery for this matter, to discuss potential resolutions with each of their clients, to prepare for pretrial motions and otherwise prepare for trial.
c. Counsel for the defendants believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny each of them 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 defendants 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 25, 2013 to May 6, 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 each 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 defendants in a speedy trial.
g. This case involves multiple witnesses and multiple defendants and concerns allegations of mortgage fraud in three separate but related cases, 2:12-CR-0327, 2:12-CR-0329 and 2:12-CR-0330.
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.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
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Lee S. Bickley
Assistant United States Attorney
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Kresta Nora Daly
Counsel for Defendant Robin DiMiceli
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Marcus Daniel Merchasin
Counsel for Defendant Edward Khalfin
ORDER
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED this 15th day of February, 2013.
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WILLIAM B. SHUBB
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE