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Parties Involved:
Ricardo Simental
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

Document Text:

OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL DEFENDER

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

801 I STREET, 3rd FLOOR

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814

Daniel J. Broderick (916) 498-5700 Fax: (916) 498-5710 Linda C. Harter

Federal Defender Chief Assistant Defender

M E M O R A N D U M

DATE: July 11, 2006

TO: Colleen Lydon, Courtroom Clerk to 

Honorable Edward J. Garcia

FROM: Linda C. Harter, Chief Assistant Federal Defender

SUBJECT: United States v. Ricardo Simental

CR-S-05-0173-EJG

This Memo shall confirm defense counsel’s request that Judgment and Sentencing,

presently scheduled for August 4, 2006, be continued to Friday, August 11, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.

On March 16, 2006, Mr. Simental was found guilty following a short jury trial. He

was remanded into custody following the verdict. At the time of his remand, the Court invited Mr.

Simental to file a motion for release pending sentencing. On that same day, a schedule for the

presentence report and objections was filed by the Court. No motion for release was filed until

June 8, one week prior to sentencing. No informal or formal objections were filed on Mr.

Simental's behalf. No sentencing memorandum was filed. In the meantime, Mr. Simental had

written to the Court complaining about his attorney and contacted the federal defender's office

requesting assistance.

On June 16, 2006, Mr. Simental's attorney was permitted to withdraw and the Office

of the Federal Defender was appointed. (Mr. Simental was subsequently released on bond and

pretrial supervision that afternoon.) Mr. Simental's attorney was ordered to immediately turn over

to the entire file to the Office of the Federal Defender. A review of the file indicates that Mr.

Simental's former attorney was not present during the interview with probation concerning the

presentence report. The file also indicates that there was information that Mr. Simental wanted

provided to probation, but, could not do so himself since he was in custody.

Counsel has met with Mr. Simental and reviewed the presentence report. There is

additional information that defense counsel would like to provide the probation department and

the Court prior to sentencing. It is the defendant's request that a new schedule be set so that this

information could be reviewed in an orderly fashion by probation and the opposing party prior to

sentencing.

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Counsel has contacted both the probation officer and opposing counsel. Neither

have any objection to setting a new schedule.

The following proposed schedule also takes into account the fact that defense

counsel has a preplanned vacation from July 20 to August 1.

Counsel's Written Objections Due No Later Than . . . . . . . . July 21, 2006

Presentence Report Shall be Filed with the Court 

and Disclosed to Counsel No Later Than . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 28, 2006

Motion for Correction Due No Later Than . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 4, 2006

Judgment and Sentencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . August 11, 2006

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 18, 2006 /s/ Edward J. Garcia 

EDWARD J. GARCIA

United States District Court

LCH/cf

cc: Carolyn Delaney, AUSA

Wendy Reyes, USPO

Ricardo Simental 

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