Opinion
CR S-2:10-0298 WBS
01-09-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JAI HITEN PATEL, Defendant.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney MICHAEL M. BECKWITH Assistant U.S. Attorne Attorney for Plaintiff JESSE GARCIA Attorney for Defendant JAI HITEN PATEL
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
MICHAEL M. BECKWITH
Assistant U.S. Attorney
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RESETTING STATUS CONFERENCE,
AND EXCLUDING TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT
The United States of America, through its counsels of record, Benjamin B. Wagner, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and Michael M. Beckwith, Assistant United States Attorney, and defendant Jai Hiten Patel, through his counsel of record, Jesse Garcia, Esq., hereby stipulate and agree that the status conference set for January 9, 2012, be continued to March 5, 2012. The parties need additional time for preparation.
Therefore, the parties have agreed and respectfully request that the Court set the date of March 5, 2012, for the status conference.
Accordingly, the parties stipulate that time be excluded pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) and (iv) and Local Code T4, to give the defendant time to further review the discovery and to adequately prepare. The parties agreed that the ends of justice served by granting the defendant's request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
By: Michael M. Beckwit
MICHAEL M. BECKWITH
Assistant U.S. Attorne
Attorney for Plaintiff
By: Jesse Garcia
JESSE GARCIA
Attorney for Defendant
JAI HITEN PATEL
ORDER
UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN and by stipulation of all parties, it is hereby ordered that the status conference set for January 9, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., be continued to March 5, 2012 at 9:30 a.m., and that the time beginningJanuary 9, 2012, extending through and including March 5, 2012, be excluded from the calculation of time under the Speedy Trial Act. The Court finds that the interests of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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WILLIAM B. SHUBB
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE