United States v. Alford

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LASHAWN ALFORD

Court: United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Sep 30, 2021

CRIMINAL 20-6013 (DEA) (D.N.J. Sep. 30, 2021)

Opinion

CRIMINAL 20-6013 (DEA)

09-30-2021

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LASHAWN ALFORD

Bruce Throckmorton, Esq. Counsel for Defendant Christopher Matthews Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

HON. DOUGLAS E. ARPERT United States Magistrate Judge

Bruce Throckmorton, Esq. Counsel for Defendant

Christopher Matthews Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

CONTINUANCE ORDER

HON. DOUGLAS E. ARPERT United States Magistrate Judge

This matter having come before the Court on the joint application of Rachel A. Honig, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (by Christopher Matthews, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney), and defendant LASHAWN ALFORD (by Bruce Throckmorton, Esq.) for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter through December 31, 2021, and the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter submitted to a grand jury within 30 days of the date of his arrest pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3161(b), and the defendant through his attorney having consented to the continuance, and two prior continuances having been granted by the Court; and for good and sufficient cause shown, IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT that this action should be continued for the following reasons:

(1) Counsel for the defendant requires additional time to review the case;

(2) Plea negotiations are ongoing, and the parties would like additional time to continue negotiating a plea agreement, which would render a trial of this matter unnecessary;

(2) The defendant requires time to review discovery, and prepare and file appropriate motions; and

(3) Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.

IT IS, therefore, on this 30th day of September 2021, ORDERED that this action be, and it hereby is, continued through December 31, 2021; and it is further

ORDERED that the period from the date this Order is signed through December 31, 2021, shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.