Opinion
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, OLUSERE OLOWOYEYE, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America.
MICHEAL PETRIK, Counsel for Defendant GERARDO OROZCO LOPEZ.
STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
STIPULATION
Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and through defendant's counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. By previous order, this matter was set for status on May 7, 2015.
2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the status conference until July 9, 2015, and to exclude time between May 7, 2015, and July 9, 2015, under Local Code T4.
3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following:
a) The government has represented that the discovery associated with this case numbers approximately 9, 500 pages, including investigative reports, CDs, DVDs, and telephone toll information. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.
b) Counsel for defendant desires additional time to review the discovery, consult with his client, and investigative the possibility of an omnibus resolution incorporating anticipated charges in the Northern District of California.
c) Counsel for defendant believes that failure to grant the above-requested continuance would deny him the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.
d) The government does not object to the continuance. Additionally, the government needs to consult with prosecutors in the Northern District of California to determine if and when they will be filing charges against the defendant.
e) Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.
f) For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., within which trial must commence, the time period of May 7, 2015 to July 9, 2015, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code T4] because it results from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant's request on the basis of the Court's finding that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
4. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial must commence.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.