Opinion
No. 12-cr-0254 (KSH)
11-08-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Muhammad Subpunallah
Hon. Katherine S. Hayden
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE
An indictment charging defendant Muhammad Subpunallah with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Titles 18, United States Code, Section 922 (g)(1), having been filed on April 13, 2012; and defendant Muhammad Subpunallah having been represented by David Holman, AFPD; and no bail having been set by the Court; and defendant his counsel being aware that a trial must be held within 70 days of the filing of the Indictment on these charges, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(b); and two continuances having previously been granted by the Court pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7)(A); the Government and defendant hereby request a continuance pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7)(A) in order to permit the time necessary to afford the parties the opportunity to reach a plea agreement which would thereby render trial of this matter unnecessary;
IT IS on this 8th day of November, 2012
ORDERED that from the date this Order is entered, to and including January 19, 2012, shall be excluded in calculating the time within which a trial must be held under the Speedy Trial Act for the following reasons:
1. Plea negotiations currently are in progress, and both the United States and defendants desire additional time to negotiate pleas in Court, which would thereby render trial of this matter unnecessary.
2. Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7)(A), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. SEEN AND AGREED: ________________________
David L. Foster
Assistant U.S. Attorney
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David Holman, Esq.
Counsel for Muhammad Subpunallah
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HONORABLE KATHERINE S. HAYDEN
United States District Judge