Opinion
Mag. 21-6024 (DEA)
07-11-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEREMY LO
Eric Suggs Assistant U.S. Attorney. Eric A. Boden Trenton Attorney in Charge. Jonathan F. Marshall, Esq., Counsel for defendant Jeremy Lo.
Eric Suggs Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Eric A. Boden Trenton Attorney in Charge.
Jonathan F. Marshall, Esq., Counsel for defendant Jeremy Lo.
ORDER FOR CONTINUANE
HON. DOUGLAS E. ARPERT United States Magistrate Judge.
1. This matter came before the Court on the joint application of Philip R. Sellinger, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Eric Suggs, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appearing), and defendant Jeremy Lo (Jonathan F. Marshall, Esq., appearing), for an order granting a continuance under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) through September 11, 2023.
2. This Court granted eight § 3161(h)(7)(A) continuances previously in this case.
3. Counsel for the parties represented that the parties have reached a plea agreement and will be presenting the agreement and an Information to the Court in the near future.
4. Counsel for the United States also represented that this additional continuance is necessary to prevent any more non-excludable days under § 3161(h) from expiring.
5. The defendant knows that he has the right under § 3161(b) to have this matter submitted to a grand jury within thirty days after his arrest.
6. The defendant, through counsel, has consented to this continuance.
7. FOR GOOD CAUSE, THIS COURT FINDS that this case should be continued for the following reasons:
a. Plea negotiations are completed, and the United States desires additional time to submit the necessary documents to the Court, which would render grand jury proceedings and a trial in this matter unnecessary.
b. Consequently, the ends of justice served by granting the continuance and preventing any further non-excludable days from passing under § 3161(h) outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
IT IS, therefore:
ORDERED that this action is continued from July 11, 2023 through September 11, 2023; and it is further
ORDERED that the period from July 11, 2023 through September 11, 2023 shall be excluded in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974; and it is further
ORDERED that nothing in this Order or the application prompting it is a finding or representation that less than 31 non-excludable days under § 3161(h) have expired.