Opinion
Mag. 20-5525 (SAK)
04-25-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KEVIN MCDANIELS
ALISA SHVER, Assistant U.S. Attorney MEGAN DAVIES, ESQUIRE, Counsel for Defendant Kevin McDaniels
ALISA SHVER, Assistant U.S. Attorney
MEGAN DAVIES, ESQUIRE, Counsel for Defendant Kevin McDaniels
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE
HON. SHARON A. KING United States Magistrate Judge
This matter having come before the Court on the joint application of Philip R. Sellinger, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Alisa Shver, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appearing), and defendant Kevin McDaniels (Megan Davies, appearing), for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter for a period to permit the defendant and his counsel time to review informal discovery provided earlier and to engage in plea negotiations, if the defendant desires to do so; the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter submitted to a grand jury within thirty days of the date of his initial appearance pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(b); the defendant having consented to this continuance; and defendant having waived his right to a speedy trial, and for good cause shown:
IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT that this action should be continued for the following reasons:
(1) The defendant and his counsel have expressed a need to review the informal discovery materials provided by the United States, to confer to discuss how to proceed, and to engage in plea negotiations, if appropriate;
(2) The defendant has consented to the continuance; and
(3) Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3161(h)(1)(A) and 3161(h)(7)(A), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
IT IS, therefore, on this 25th day of April 2023, ORDERED that this action be, and hereby is, continued from the date of the entry of this Order to and including July 21, 2023, and it is further
ORDERED that the period from the date of the entry of this Order through and including July 21, 2023, shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.