Opinion
CLYDE M. BLACKMON, ROTHSCHILD WISHEK & SANDS LLP, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, CHRISTOPHER SEAN GEANAKOS. STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
The United States of America, through its counsel Assistant U.S. Attorney William S. Wong, and Christopher Sean Geanakos, through his counsel Clyde M. Blackmon, stipulate that the status conference now scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on February 5, 2015, shall be continued to 9:00 a.m. on April 9, 2015.
The parties have filed a stipulation and proposed protective order which will permit a defense computer forensic expert to examine the computer which law enforcement officers seized from Mr. Geanakos. A continuation of the status conference is necessary to give the expert time to complete his examination.
The parties further stipulate that the time from the currently set status conference on February 5, 2015, through April 9, 2015, the requested date for the continued status conference, should be excluded from computation of the time period in which trial should commence under the Speedy Trial Act. The parties agree that the ends of justice would be served by the Court excluding that time period from computation in order to give the defense expert time to complete his examination and the need for defense counsel to have reasonable time for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv).
For these reasons, Mr. Geanakos, his counsel and the government stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance of the status conference outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that the status conference currently set for February 5, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. is continued to April 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. For the reasons stipulated by the parties, good cause exists pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv), and time is excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through April 9, 2015. For the reason set forth in the stipulation of the parties, the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) (Local Code T4).
IT IS SO ORDERED.