Opinion
Mag. MJ22-6004 (DEA)
01-10-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KHAN WALI RAHMANI
Vincent D. Romano Assistant U.S. Attorney. Benjamin West, Esq. Counsel for Defendant.
Vincent D. Romano Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Benjamin West, Esq. Counsel for Defendant.
ORDER FOR A CONTINUANCE
HONORABLE DOUGLAS E. ARPERT, 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 (by Vincent D. Romano, Assistant United States Attorney, appearing), and defendant Khan Wali Rahmani (by Benjamin West, Esq.), for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter from the date this Order is signed through April 11, 2022 to permit defense counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation in this matter and to allow the parties to conduct plea negotiations and attempt to negotiate a plea agreement; and the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter submitted to a grand jury within 30 days of the date of his arrest pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(b); and the defendant, through his attorney, having consented to the continuance; and for good and sufficient cause shown, IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT that this action should be continued for the following reasons:
(1) Plea negotiations are currently in progress, and both the United States and the defendant seek additional time to achieve successful resolution of these negotiations, which would render any grand jury proceedings and any subsequent trial of this matter unnecessary;
(2) The defendant has consented to the aforementioned continuance;
(3) The grant of a continuance will likely conserve judicial resources; and
(4) Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
WHEREFORE, it is on this 10th day of January 2022;
ORDERED that this action be, and it hereby is, continued from the date this Order is signed through April 11, 2022; and it is further
ORDERED that the period from the date this Order is signed through April 11, 2022 shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.