Opinion
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender, BENJAMIN D. GALLOWAY, Assistant Federal Defender Designated Counsel for Service, Sacramento, CA, Attorney for Defendant, ANTHONY GORDAN LIEGL.
BENJAMIN WAGNER, United States Attorney, JASON HITT, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Attorney for Plaintiff.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING AND EXCLUDE TIME
ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff, United States of America, by and through Assistant United States Attorney JASON HITT and Defendant ANTHONY GORDAN LIEGL, individually and by his counsel of record, Assistant Federal Defender BENJAMIN GALLOWAY, hereby stipulate to continue the Preliminary Hearing set for September 24, 2015 to November 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
The parties stipulate that the delay is required to allow the defense reasonable time for preparation and review of the evidence, for the government's continuing investigation of the case, and for the parties to evaluate the evidence and consider the possibility of a pre-indictment resolution of the case via an information and an agreed upon plea deal.
The parties further stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the defendant's request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial, and that this is an appropriate exclusion of time for defense preparation within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7), (Local Code T4).
Respectfully submitted.
ORDER
Finding good cause, the Court orders the preliminary hearing continued to November 5, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., before the Hon. Edmund F. Brennan; and, time excluded for the reasons set forth above. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting the defendant's request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.