Opinion
Shari Rusk Attorney for Defendant Kenneth Tarn
Michael Chastaine Attorney for Defendant Marco Borja
Clemente Jimenez Attorney for Adalberto Valenzuela-Ruiz
Thomas Johnson Attorney for Nelson Gutierrez
Dina Santos Attorney for Gerald Osborne
Michael McCoy Assistant United States Attorney
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE
GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. Senior United States District Judge
Defendants, by and through their undersigned counsel, and the government, by and through Assistant United States Attorney, Michael McCoy, hereby agree and stipulate that this matter, set on calendar January 16, 2015 be continued approximately 30 days to allow counsel to review discovery and undergo defense investigation. Therefore the parties request a status conference of February 27, 2015 and that date is available with the court.
The parties further stipulate that the Court should exclude the period from the date of this order through February 27, 2015, when it computes the time within which the trial of the above criminal prosecution must commence for purposes of the Speedy Trial Act. The parties stipulate that the ends of justice are served by granting the defendants' request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendants 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).
ORDER
It is so ordered that the matter be placed on the Court's calendar at 9:00 a.m. on February 27, 2015.