Opinion
20-cr-500 (JGK)
12-15-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ARTHUR HAYES ET AL., Defendants.
ORDER
John G. Koeltl United States District Judge
Defendant Gregory Dwyer's motion for a severance is granted. As the Court explained at the conference on November 23, 2021, the Court is aware of the advantages of a joint trial, but those advantages are outweighed by the prejudice to this defendant. The defendant will have had substantially less time than the other defendants to prepare for trial and would be prejudiced by the lack of time to prepare for this complex-case, including the opportunity to review the extensive discovery and to brief and argue pre-trial motions directed to this particular defendant.
The trial date for Gregory Dwyer is Monday, October 24, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. The final pre-trial conference is Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Defendant Gregory Dwyer need not respond at this time to any of the Government's current motions directed against all the defendants.
By January 7, 2022, the Government and Defendant Gregory Dwyer should suggest a proposed schedule for the remaining motions and other submissions relating to Gregory Dwyer.
The Court prospectively excludes the time from today, December 15, 2021, until October 24, 2022, from Speedy Trial Act calculations. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the defendant and the public in a speedy trial. This Order is entered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A).
The Clerk is directed to close Docket No. 216.
SO ORDERED..