Opinion
1:08-cr-00248 LJO.
October 8, 2008
McGREGOR W. SCOTT, United States Attorney, MARLON COBAR, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Fresno, California.
ORDER
Having read and considered the parties' stipulation to continue the current status conference date of October 10, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. to November 7, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. in this matter,
IT IS THE ORDER OF THE COURT THAT, the current status conference date is hereby continued to November 7, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, time be excluded to and through November 7, 2008 in order to (1) permit the government and defense counsel to engage in further case disposition negotiations given factual issues which have arisen in regards to the defendant's possible juvenile status; and (2) permit the government and defense counsel to conduct further investigation in regards to the defendant's age including, but not limited to, obtaining certified documents from Mexican Consular officials, in that the ends of justice served by a continuance "outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial." See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8).
IT IS SO ORDERED.