Opinion
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender, TIMOTHY ZINDEL, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, Attorney for Defendant SALVADOR ESTRELLA NARANJO.
CLEMENTE JIMENEZ, Attorney for CARLOS SALCEDO.
STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDING TIME
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
It is hereby stipulated and agreed between plaintiff, United States of America, and defendants, Carlos Jairo Gallardo Salcedo and Salvador Estrella Naranjo, that the status conference scheduled for November 17, 2015, may be continued to January 12, 2016, at 9:15 a.m.
The government provided discovery to defense counsel last week. There is extensive audio and video evidence to review. Counsel need additional time to review discovery and to determine whether investigation is warranted before the case is further scheduled. The parties therefore agree that the status conference should be continued to January 12, 2016, and ask the Court to order time excluded under the Speedy Trial Act through that date in order to afford necessary time for effective preparation. The parties agree that the interests of justice to be served by a continuance outweigh the best interests of Mr. Salcedo, Mr. Naranjo, and the public in a speedy trial, and ask the Court to order time excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (b)(iv).
ORDER
The status conference is continued to January 12, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. The court finds that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial for the reasons stated above. Time is therefore excluded from the date of this order through January 12, 2016, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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