Opinion
SALVATORE SCIANDRA, Law Offices of Salvatore Sciandra Fresno, California, Attorney for Defendant, WEI HUANG. JESUS ABRAHAM ALVAREZ-RUIZ.
Marc Days, SALVATORE SCIANDRA, Attorney for Defendant, JIMMY GONG YAN LEE.
STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR A CONTINUANCE OF STATUS CONFERENCE HEARING
SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff, the United States of America, the defendant WEI HUANG and his attorney Salvatore Sciandra, and the co-defendant Jimmy Gong-Yan Lee by and through his counsel Marc Days that the Status Conference hearing set for Monday, May 18, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. be continued to Monday, June 15, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
The reason for this request is as follows:
On Monday, May 18, 2015, I (Salvatore Sciandra) will be unavailable because my wife had to reschedule a major surgery from April 27, 2015 to May 18, 2015.
ORDER
The parties' stipulated request for a continuance of the status conference date to June 15, 2015, is GRANTED to allow defense counsel to handle a family matter. The delay resulting from the requested continuance shall be excluded based on the court's finding that the ends of justice served by the granting of the requested continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. Any objection to such finding shall be lodged with the court within 5 days of the date of this order.
The court notes that this case has been pending since November 2014. If the parties are unable to resolve the case before June 15, 2015, they shall be prepared to select a mutually acceptable trial date on June 15, 2015.
IT IS SO ORDERED.