Opinion
JAMES R. GREINER, ESQ., CALIFORNIA STATE BAR NUMBER 123357 LAW OFFICES OF JAMES R. GREINER, FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA, ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT JASON SIEGFRIED. BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.
Michael D. Anderson, Olusere Olowoyeye, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
Benjamin D. Galloway, Attorney for Defendant 1- Steven Ortega, Sr.
Randy Sue Pollock, Attorney for Defendant 2- Steven Ortega, Jr.
Shari Rusk, Attorney for Defendant 3- Marla Ortega.
Dina L. Santos, Attorney for Defendant 4- Matt Ortega.
Hayes H. Gable, Ill. Attorney for Defendant 6- Anthony Giarrusso.
Thomas Johnson, Attorney for Defendant 7- Jay Dupee.
William E. Bonham, Attorney for Defendant 8- Brock Enrico.
William J. Portanova, Attorney for Defendant 10- Steven Adgate.
Danny D. Brace, Jr., Attorney for Defendant 11- Bryan Swiers.
Clemente M. Jimenez, Attorney for Defendant 12- Kyle Schmidt.
Candace A. Fry, Attorney for Defendant 13- Dusty Burge.
Gregory W. Fox, Attorney for Defendant 14- Charles Erickson
Olaf W. Hedberg, Attorney for Defendant 15- Travis Olibas.
David D. Fischer, Attorney for Defendant 16- Jake Westerman.
Scott N. Cameron, Attorney for Defendant 17-Justin McMillian.
Carl E. Larson, Attorney for Defendant 19- Frederick Laurens.
Darryl A. Stallworth, Attorney for Defendant 21- Richard Serrell.
Robert J. Saria, Attorney for Defendant 22- Kevin Kuester.
Russell S. Humphrey, Attorney for Defendant 23-Derek Winters.
Clyde M. Blackmon, Attorney for Defendant 24- Richard Reynolds.
Michael Jason Lawley, Attorney for Defendant 25- Nickolas Perry.
James A. Bustamante, Attorney for Defendant 27- Kevin Kirkpatrick.
Philip A. Schnayerson, Attorney for Defendant 28- Reginald Bell.
Michael E. Hansen, Attorney for Defendant 29-Michael Kelly.
James J. Clark, Attorney for Defendant 31- Robert Kennedy.
Omar Figueroa, Attorney for Defendant 32- Nicholas Ojeda.
James R. Greiner, Attorney for Defendant 20- Jason Siegfried.
STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO CONTINUE THE STATUS CONFERENCE TO THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015 WITH EXCLUSION OF TIME FROM THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT AND ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
The parties to this litigation, the United States of America, represented by Assistant United States Attorney, Michael D. Anderson, and for the defendant:
All defendants except Shawn Thompson who pled guilty on January 9, 2014 (See docket entry # 418) and Joseph Figlia who pled guilty on Thursday, April 10, 2014 (See docket entry # 435) and Joseph Mirante who was dismissed by the government by Order of the Court on October 27, 2014 (See docket entry # 484) and defendant Marcus Williams, the Court granted the motion brought by Mr. Williams' prior attorney Mr. Tim Pori and relieved Mr. Pori from further representing defendant Mr. Williams, as of this date no new attorney had been appointed to represent defendant Mr. Williams, are not included in this agreement and stipulation
1- Benjamin D. Galloway representing Steven Ortega, Sr.; 2- Randy Sue Pollock representing Steven Ortega, Jr.; 3- Shari Rusk representing Marla Ortega; 4- Dina L. Santos representing Matt Ortega; 6- Hayes H. Gable, Ill. representing Anthony Giarrusso; 7- Thomas Johnson representing Jay Dupee; 8- William E. Bonham representing Brock Enrico;10- William J. Portanova representing Steven Adgate; 11-Danny D. Brace, Jr. representing Bryan Swiers; 12- Clemente M. Jimenez representing Kyle Schmidt; 13- Candace A. Fry representing Dusty Burge; 14- Gregory W. Fox representing Charles Erickson; 15- Olaf W. Hedberg representing Travis Olibas; 16-David D. Fischer representing Jake Westerman; 17- Scott N. Cameron representing Justin McMillian; 19- Carl E. Larson representing Frederick Laurens; 21- Darryl A. Stallworth representing Richard Serrell; 22- Robert J. Saria representing Kevin Kuester; 23- Russell S. Humphrey representing Derek Winters; 24- Clyde M. Blackmon representing Richard Reynolds; 25- Michael Jason Lawley representing Nickolas Perry; 27- James A. Bustamante representing Kevin Kirkpatrick; 28- Philip A. Schnayerson representing Reginald Bell; 29- Michael E. Hansen representing Michael Kelly; 31-James J. Clark representing Robert Kennedy; 32- Omar Figueroa representing Nicholas Ojeda and 20- James R. Greiner representing Jason Siegfried, hereby agree and stipulate to the following:
The government requested that the format presented in this stipulation be used by the parties.
1- By previous order, this matter was set for status on Thursday, December 11, 2014, see docket number 478.
2. By this Stipulation, the defendants collectively now move to continue the status conference until Thursday, April 30, 2015 and to exclude time pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act between Thursday, December 11, 2014 and Thursday, April 30, 2015, under Local Codes T-2 (complexity) and T-4 (time for adequate attorney preparation). The government has produced voluminous amounts of discovery, including, but not limited to, 6 CD's of wire taps and the potential for defense counsel to obtain on a 3 TB external hard drive video tape surveillance in this case and the government does not oppose this request. In addition, three co-defendants have now pled guilty, Todd Becerra (June 26, 2014, Docket # 460), Joseph Figlia (April 10, 2014, see docket entry # 435 and Shawn Thompson (January 9, 2014, see docket entry # 418), and one defendant has been dismissed by the government and this Court's Order, Joseph Mirante (October 27, 2014, see docket entry # 484) which requires all defense counsel to re-examine the discovery provided by the government in light of the two previous co-defendants pleading guilty and discuss this with their respective clients.
Except defendants Thompson, Becerra, Figlia, Mirante and Williams.
3. The parties agree and stipulate to the following and request the Court to find the following:
Except defendants Thompson, Becerra, Figlia, Mirante and Williams.
a. The government has produced discovery to date which consists of 5 (five) discovery CD's labeled Discovery Disk 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 6 (six) wire tape CD's labeled TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, TT5 and TT6. The government has also made available for copying onto an external hard drive the pole camera evidence which defense counsel can obtain for reviewing with their respective clients. The government requested defense counsel to supply an external hard drive with 3 TB of capacity to accommodate the enormous volume of video tape recordings.
b. The government by way of letter dated November 30, 2012, addressed to all defense counsel, produced the following additional discovery contained on 4 (four) CD's: BATES numbers DD-007532 to DD-007570; Bates number DD-7571 (reproduction of wiretap -TT#1); Bates number DD-007572 (reproduction of wiretap-TT#2); Bates number DD-007573 (reproduction of wiretaps - TT#3, tt#4, TT#5, and TT#6).
c. Counsel for all defendants need additional time, to review all of the discovery as listed herein, review the all the discovery with their respective clients, to conduct investigation into this case, do research, which includes legal research, in this case, and to otherwise do review and investigation, using due diligence, that this complex case requires. Also, three previous co-defendant's have pled guilty, Todd Becerra (June 26, 2014, Docket # 460), Shawn Thompson (January 9, 2014, see docket entry # 418) and Joseph Figlia (April 10, 2014, see docket entry # 435), and one defendant has been dismissed by the government pursuant to this Court's Order, defendant Joseph Mirante (October 27, 2014, see docket entry 484) which requires all defense counsel to examine and re-examine the discovery provided by the government in light of the three previous co-defendants pleading guilty and discuss this with their respective clients.
Except defendants Thompson, Becerra, Figlia, Mirante and Williams.
d. Counsel for all defendants need additional time to discuss with their respective clients the legal implications and potential ramifications of defendants Becerra, Thompson and Figlia pleading guilty in this case and the government dismissing pursuant to this Court's Order defendant Mirante.
Except defendants Thompson, Becerra, Figlia, Mirante and Williams.
e. Counsel for all defendants represent that the failure to grant the above requested continuance would deny counsel for each individual defendant the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.
Except defendants Thompson, Becerra, Figlia, Mirante and Williams.
f. The government, based on all of the above, does not object to the continuance.
g. Based on the above stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and all the defendants in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.
h. For the purpose of computing the time under the Speedy Trial Act, Title 18 U.S.C. section 3161, et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period from Thursday, December 11, 2014 to Thursday, April 30, 2015, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. section 3161(h)(7)(A, (B)(ii) and (iv) corresponding to Local Codes T-2 and T-4, because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendants' 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 all of the defendants 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.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Each attorney has granted James R. Greiner full authority to sign for each individual attorney.
ORDER
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED.