Opinion
2:21-cr-00302-JCM-DJA
04-21-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ALEXANDER WALLACE VEGA, Defendant.
RENE L. VALLADARES Federal Public Defender HEIDI A. OJEDA Assistant Federal Public Defender JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney JOSHUA BRISTER Assistant United States Attorney
RENE L. VALLADARES Federal Public Defender HEIDI A. OJEDA Assistant Federal Public Defender
JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney JOSHUA BRISTER Assistant United States Attorney
STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING (SIXTH REQUEST)
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Jason M. Frierson, United States Attorney, and Joshua Brister, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for the United States of America, and Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender, and Heid A. Ojeda, Assistant Federal Public Defender, counsel for Alexander Wallace Vega, that the Change of Plea Hearing currently scheduled on May 3, 2023, be vacated and continued to the week of June 19, 2023.
This Stipulation is entered into for the following reasons:
1. Mr. Vega is currently participating in in-patient treatment in compliance with the terms of his Pretrial Release. Mr. Vega's pretrial services officer has advised counsel that it
would negatively impact Mr. Vega's progress while in treatment for him to leave treatment facility to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend the currently scheduled change of plea hearing.
2. The parties request that the court continue this matter for approximately 2 months to allow Mr. Vega to continue to participate in his in-patient treatment.
This is the sixth request for a continuance of the change of plea hearing.
ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the change of plea hearing currently scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., be vacated and continued to June 23, 2023, at 11:00 a.m.