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Parties Involved:
Josue Morales
Defendant
Jorge Perez
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff
Emilio Hernandez Yesca
Defendant

Document Text:

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

JUSTIN J. GILIO

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

EMILIO HERNANDEZ YESCA ET AL, 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:21-CR-00113-JLT-SKO

STIPULATION TO VACATE STATUS 

CONFERENCE AND ORDER THEREON 

Date: March 15, 2023

Time: 1:00 p.m. 

Honorable Sheila K. Oberto

STIPULATION

This case is set for a status conference on March 15, 2023. The parties hereby stipulate to vacate 

the status conference and set the case for a trial on January 23, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. before the Hon. 

Jennifer L. Thurston. The parties also stipulate to exclude time between March 15, 2023, and January

23, 2024. 

1. Discovery associated with this case is voluminous and includes thousands of pages of 

documents including investigative reports and photographs as well as large media files 

including hours of recorded calls, large cell phone extractions, social media account search 

warrant returns, and other items. All this discovery has been either produced directly to 

counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.

2. Defense counsel requires additional time to review the discovery, to conduct additional 

investigation and legal research, to pursue a potential pretrial resolution, and to prepare for 

trial. 

3. The proposed trial date represents the earliest date that all counsel are available for trial, 

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taking into account counsels’ schedules, defense counsels’ commitments to other clients, and 

the need for preparation in the case and further investigation. 

4. In addition, the public health concerns cited by General Order 611, 612, 617, 618, 620, 635, 

and 640 and presented by the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, an ends-of-justice delay is 

particularly apt in this case because counsel or other relevant individuals have been 

encouraged to telework and minimize personal contact to the greatest extent possible. It will 

be difficult to avoid personal contact should the hearing proceed and it is difficult for defense 

counsel to meet with their clients and review discovery. 

The parties further believe that time should be excluded, in that failure to grant the requested 

case schedule would unreasonably deny the defendants continuity of counsel, and unreasonably deny 

both the defendants and the government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking 

into account the parties’ due diligence in prosecuting this case. 18 U.S.C. Section 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv). In 

addition, For the purpose of computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., 

within which trial must commence, the time period of March 15, 2023 to January 23, 2024, inclusive, is 

deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(i) and (ii) [Local Code T4] because the 

case is so unusual or so complex, due to the number of defendants, the nature of the prosecution, or the 

existence of novel questions of fact or law, that it is unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for 

pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established by this section.

Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by the schedule as requested 

outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the original date prescribed by the 

Speedy Trial Act. Therefore, the parties request that the Court exclude the time from March 15, 2023 to 

January 23, 2024, from calculations under the Speedy Trial Act. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: March 7, 2023

By:

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ JUSTIN J. GILIO

JUSTIN J. GILIO

Assistant United States Attorney

Dated: March 7, 2023 /s/ Roger Wilson

Roger Wilson

Counsel for Defendant 

Emilio Hernandez Yesca

Dated: March 7, 2023 /s/ Nicholas Reyes

Nicholas Reyes

Counsel for Defendant 

Jorge Perez

Dated: March 7, 2023 /s/ Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Counsel for Defendant 

Josue Morales

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O R D E R

This multi-defendant case has been pending since April 2021 and the arraignment took place in

September 2021. Notwithstanding that length of time, the parties have set forth good cause for setting 

the trial in this multi-defendant case more than two years later on January 23, 2024. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the status conference in this case be VACATED 

and the case set for TRIAL on January 23, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. before the Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the ends of justice served by the schedule set forth herein as 

requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendants in a trial within the original date 

prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act for the reasons stated in the parties’ stipulation. For the purpose of 

computing time under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., within which trial must 

commence, the time period of March 15, 2023, and January 23, 2024, inclusive, is deemed excludable 

pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(i), (ii), and (iv) because it results from a continuance granted 

by the Court at the parties’ request on the basis of the Court’s finding that the ends of justice served by 

taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial and 

because the case is so unusual or so complex, due to the number of defendants, the nature of the 

prosecution, or the existence of novel questions of fact or law, that it is unreasonable to expect adequate 

preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established by this 

section.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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