Opinion
CLYDE M. BLACKMON, ROTHSCHILD WISHEK & SANDS LLP, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, CHRISTOPHER SEAN GEANAKOS.
William S. Wong, Assistant U.S. Attorney.
STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.
The United States of America, through its counsel Assistant U.S. Attorney William S. Wong, and Christopher Sean Geanakos, through his counsel Clyde M. Blackmon, stipulate that the status conference now scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on November 6, 2015, may be continued to 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2015.
Mr. Geanakos is charged with the receipt and distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2253(a). Counsel for the government and counsel for Mr. Geanakos have commenced settlement discussions. However, those discussions have been delayed due to the illness of both counsel. Therefore, additional time is necessary for counsel to continue their discussions in an attempt to settle the matter. The parties, therefore, request the Court to continue the currently scheduled status conference to December 10, 2015.
The parties further stipulate that the time from the currently set status conference on November 6, 2015, through December 10, 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 agree 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 because of the necessity for the defense and the government to continue their settlement discussions and 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. Geanakos, his counsel and the government stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance of the status conference outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that the status conference currently set for November 6, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. is continued to December 10, 2015, at 9:00 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 December 10, 2015. For the reason set forth in the stipulation of the parties, the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and Mr. Geanakos in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) (Local Code T4).
IT IS SO ORDERED.