Opinion
2:08-CR-064-JCM-EJY
04-25-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. EVE E. MAZZARELLA, and MELISSA R. BEECROFT, Defendants.
CHRISTOPHER CHIOU Acting United States Attorney Nevada Bar No. 14853 DANIEL D. HOLLINGSWORTH Assistant United States Attorney Nevada Bar No. 1925 Attorneys for the United States
CHRISTOPHER CHIOU Acting United States Attorney Nevada Bar No. 14853 DANIEL D. HOLLINGSWORTH Assistant United States Attorney Nevada Bar No. 1925 Attorneys for the United States
GOVERNMENT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE ITS MOTIONS REGARDING HONEYCUTT, THOMPSON, AND THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT AS APPLIED TO THE DEFENDANTS OR TO SETTLE UNDER ECF NO. 863 (NINTH REQUEST)
JAMES C. MAHAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
This Motion to Extend Time is the ninth request. LR IA 6-1.
The United States of America respectfully moves this Court for an Order extending the time for the government to file its Motions Regarding Honeycutt, Thompson, and the Eighth Amendment as Applied to the Defendants or to Settle under ECF No. 835. The reason is the parties are actively engaged in negotiations to resolve the forfeiture matters. The current deadline is May 6, 2022. The government requests an extension until August 4, 2022.
The forensic review of the records is completed. The parties continue to negotiate the settlement of their respective forfeiture amounts. The two defendants need more time to review the forensic records, the underlying documents, the summary, and the analysis of these many records.
Negotiations stalled because Eve E. Mazzarella retained new counsel.
On April 19, 2022, John Kirby, counsel for Eve E. Mazzarella, agreed to this extension. On April 20, 2022, Angela Dows, counsel for Melissa R. Beecroft, agreed to this extension.
Because of the foregoing reasons, the government requests the extension of time until August 4, 2022, for the defendants to finish reviewing the records, defendants and the government to settle, and if settlements do not occur, to place the required documents on a computer program as evidence, to file motions, responses, replies, and to have a forfeiture hearing.
This Motion is not submitted solely for the purpose of delay or for any other improper purpose.
This Court should grant an extension of time to, and including, August 4, 2022.
IT IS SO ORDERED: