Opinion
Mag. 21-6014 (DEA)
09-29-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. FORD F. GRAHAM
J. Brendan Day Martha K. Nye Assistant United States Attorneys Christopher Olsen, Esq. Counsel for Defendant Ford F. Graham
J. Brendan Day Martha K. Nye Assistant United States Attorneys
Christopher Olsen, Esq. Counsel for Defendant Ford F. Graham
ORDER FOR A CONTINUANCE
HON. DOUGLAS E. ERPERT, United States Magistrate Judge
This matter having come before the Court on the joint application of Rachael A. Honig, Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (by J. Brendan Day and Martha K. Nye, Assistant United States Attorneys), and defendant Ford F. Graham (by Christopher Olsen, Esq.), for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter from the date this Order is signed through November 30, 2021 to permit defense counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation in this matter and to allow the parties to discuss the matter and conduct plea negotiations in an effort to resolve the case before grand jury proceedings and trial; 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, United States Code, Section 3161(b); and two prior continuances having been entered; and the defendant, through his attorney, having consented to the continuance; 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) The parties anticipate exchanging discovery and entering into plea negotiations, which would render any grand jury proceedings and any subsequent trial of this matter unnecessary;
(2) the defendant has consented to the aforementioned continuance;
(3) the grant of a continuance will likely conserve judicial resources; and
(4) Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
WHEREFORE, it is on this 29th day of September __, 2021;
ORDERED that this action be, and it hereby is, continued from the date this Order is signed through November 30, 2021; and it is further
ORDERED that the period from the date this Order is signed through November 30, 2021 shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.