Opinion
CLYDE M. BLACKMON, ROTHSCHILD WISHEK & SANDS LLP, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, ROSS CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN.
STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE
TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
The United States of America, through its counsel Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh F. Sigal, and Ross Christopher Sullivan, through his counsel Clyde M. Blackmon, stipulate that the status conference now scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on June 25, 2015, shall be continued to 9:30 a.m. on July 30, 20115.
A continuance of the currently set status conference is necessary to provide the parties with more time in which to discuss a proposed plea agreement submitted to the defense by the government.
The parties further stipulate that the time from the currently set status conference on June 25, 2015, through July 30, 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 stipulate that, taking into account the exercise of due diligence, the ends of justice would be served by the Court excluding that time period from computation due to the need for defense counsel to have reasonable time for effective preparation. 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv); Local Code T4.
For these reasons, Mr. Sullivan, his counsel and the government stipulate and agree that the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance of the status conference outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Sullivan in a speedy trial.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that the status conference currently set for June 25, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. is continued to July 30, 2015, at 9:30 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 July 30, 2015. For the reason set for in the stipulation of the parties, the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Sullivan in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) (Local Code T4).