Opinion
Mag. No. 12-7060 (CLW)
03-01-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GUO HUA ZHANG a/k/a "Leo"
Nicholas P. Grippo Assistant U.S. Kenneth W. Jiang, Esq. Counsel for Defendant
Hon. Cathy L. Waldor
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE
This matter having come before the Court on the joint application of Paul J. Fishman, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (by Nicholas P. Grippo, Assistant U.S. Attorneys), and defendant Guo Hua Zhang a/k/a "Leo", for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter for a period of 60 days to allow the parties to continue to conduct plea negotiations and attempt to finalize a plea agreement, and five prior continuance orders having been entered by the Court pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7)(A), so that the parties could attempt to resolve the matter and thereby avoid a possible trial, and the defendant being aware that he/she has the right to have the matter submitted to a grand jury within thirty days of the date of his arrest pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(b), and the defendant having consented to the continuance and waived such right, and for good cause shown,
IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT that this action should be continued for the following reasons:
(1) Plea negotiations are ongoing, and both the United States and the defendant desire additional time to negotiate a plea agreement, which would render any grand jury proceedings and any subsequent trial of this matter unnecessary;
(2) This case is complex, and involves a significant quantity of both physical and recorded evidence; and
(3)Pursuant to Title 18. United Slates Code. Section 3l61(h)(7, the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial.
IT IS, therefore, on this 1st day of March. 2013,
ORDERED that this action be. and it hereby is, continued for a period of 60 days from the date of this Order: and it is further
ORDERED that the period of 60 class from the date of this Order shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.
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HON. CATHY L. WALDOR
United States Magistrate Judge
Form and entry consented to: _______________
Nicholas P. Grippo
Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Kenneth W. Jiang, Esq.
Counsel for Defendant