Opinion
STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
STIPULATION
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on October 8, 2015.
2. By this stipulation, defendants now move to continue the status conference until January 21, 2016, and to exclude time between October 8, 2015, and January 21, 2016, under Local Code T4.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, CHRISTIAAN H. HIGHSMITH, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiff, United States of America.
CHRIS HAYDN-MYER, Counsel for Defendant, Farah Sarwar.
MICHAEL HANSEN, Counsel for Defendant, Hussain Shahzad.
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 approximately 288 pages of documents, Bates numbered 1-228, plus audio and video recordings and email account information, Bates numbered 229-24, 016. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.
b) Counsel for defendants desire additional time to review discovery in this case, consult with their clients to review the current charges and evaluate the discovery in light of those charges, to conduct investigation and research related to the charges, to discuss potential resolutions with their clients, to evaluate the need for pretrial motions, and to otherwise prepare for trial.
c) Counsel for defendants believe that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny counsel 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 defendant 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 October 8, 2015 to January 21, 2016, 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 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 the defendant 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.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.