Opinion
No. 2:11-CR-00323 JAM
07-12-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. KENNETH EATON, et al. Defendants
U.S. ATTORNEY JARED DOLAN Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorney for Plaintiff CHRIS COSCA Attorney for Defendant KENNETH EATON DINA SANTOS Attorney for Defendant WILLIAM BOHAC MATTHEW BOCKMON Attorney for Defendant JONATHAN GANEY
LAW OFFICES OF CHRIS COSCA
CHRIS COSCA (SBN 144546)
Attorney for Defendant
KENNETH EATON
STIPULATION REGARDING
EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER
SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; FINDINGS AND
ORDER
STIPULATION
Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and the defendants, by and through each counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on July 17, 2012.
2. By this stipulation, the defendants now move to continue the status conference until August 21, 2012 at 9:45 a.m., and to exclude time between July 17, 2012, and August 21, 2012 under Local Code T4. Plaintiff does not oppose this request.
3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:
a. This case was declared complex at an early stage. Discovery includes approximately 1398 pages of investigative reports, related documents in electronic form, and 11 CD/DVDs. Discovery also includes voluminous recordings and summaries related to wiretaps on three target telephones numbers. This discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.
b. Counsel for the defendants desire additional time to consult with their respective clients, to review the current charges, to conduct investigation and research related to the charges, to review and copy discovery for this matter, to discuss potential resolutions with his/her client, and to otherwise prepare.
c. Counsel for the defendants believe that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him/her 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 defendants 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 July 17, 2012, to August 21, 2012, 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 defendant's 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 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.
U.S. ATTORNEY
by: _________________
JARED DOLAN
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorney for Plaintiff
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CHRIS COSCA
Attorney for Defendant
KENNETH EATON
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DINA SANTOS
Attorney for Defendant
WILLIAM BOHAC
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MATTHEW BOCKMON
Attorney for Defendant
JONATHAN GANEY
ORDER
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED this 12th day of July, 2012.
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HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE