Opinion
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender, NOA E. OREN, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, JOSEPH RYAN.
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District 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, stipulate that the Status Conference, currently scheduled for September 15, 2015, be continued to September 22, 2015 at 9:15 a.m.
The continuance is requested because the parties are negotiating a 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. 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 September 22, 2015, at 9:15 a.m., before the Hon. John A. Mendez; 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.