Opinion
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender, NOA E. OREN, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant JOSEPH RYAN.
DUSTIN JOHNSON, Attorney for LEONARD VELASCO.
CLEMENTE JIMENEZ, Attorney for KERI SOUTHWOOD.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE PRELIMINARY HEARING
DALE A. DROZD, Magistrate Judge.
The United States of America, through its counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rodriguez, and defendant, Joseph Ryan, through Assistant Federal Defender, Noa E. Oren, defendant, Leonard Velasco, through his counsel, Dustin Johnson, and defendant, Keri Southwood, through her counsel, Clemente Jimenez stipulate that the Preliminary Hearing, currently scheduled for June 4, 2015, be continued to June 10, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
The continuance is requested because the parties are negotiating a joint settlement of this case.
The parties agree that the above reasons constitute good cause to extend the time for preliminary hearing under Fed.R.Crim. P. 5.1, and that the Court should extend the time within which the government must file an indictment to June 10, 2015.
The parties stipulate that the ends of justice served by granting the defendants' request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial, and that this is an appropriate exclusion of time for defense preparation within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7) (Local Code T4).
/s/ Michelle RodriguezORDER
Finding good cause, the Court orders the preliminary hearing continued to June 10, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., before the Hon. Edmund J. Brennan; and, time excluded for the reasons set forth above. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting the defendants' request for a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial.