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Parties Involved:
Steven Brian Esqueda
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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Susan St. Vincent

Legal Officer

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Legal Office

P.O. Box 517

Yosemite, California 95389

Telephone: (209) 372-0241

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEVEN BRIAN ESQUEDA,

Defendant.

No. 1:19-mj-00243-MJS

STIPULATION FOR A DEFERRED 

PROSEUCTION AGREEMENT AND 

MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONS OF 

RELEASE; AND ORDER THEREON

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Susan St. Vincent, the legal officer for the 

National Park Service, and Defendant Steven Brian Esqueda, by and through his attorney of 

record, Assistant Federal Defender Benjamin Gerson, that the terms of Mr. Esqueda’s pre-trial 

supervision be modified and that the status conference set for February 26, 2020 be vacated and 

the matter be set for a status conference on February 23, 2021. The parties have reached an 

agreement for a deferred prosecution (the parties are in the process of routing the agreement for 

signatures so an unexecuted copy is attached for the Court’s information.)

Mr. Esqueda will remain on pre-trial supervision for the duration of the deferral period. 

He will comply with all conditions of release ordered by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 

January 2, 2020 as modified by the Order below.

To summarize, Mr. Esqueda will complete 15 session of in person domestic violence or 

anger management counselling in a clinical setting and provide proof of attendance by December 

20, 2020.

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Stipulation

Mr. Esqueda will complete an alcohol assessment through a qualified alcohol 

counselor/program and will attend alcohol counselling as recommended as a result of the 

assessment. He will provide proof of recommendation and compliance by December 20, 2020. A 

full copy of the deferred prosecution agreement is attached.

The parties jointly request this Court modify the Conditions of Release ordered by 

Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on January 2, 2020 as follows.

Revise condition (4) to: The defendant must appear at United States District Courthouse 

9004 Castle Cliff Court, Yosemite, CA 95389 on February 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. before 

Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson.

Revise condition (7)(a) to: The defendant must report to Pretrial Services and comply with 

their rules and regulations as required by Pretrial Services.

Remove condition (7)(f).

Revise condition (7)(h) to allow defendant to have possession of his passport, but require 

approval of Pretrial Services prior to any travel outside the United States.

The Legal Officer has been in contact with the Victim in this matter and with Pretrial 

Services regarding the proposed deferred prosecution agreement and the proposed modification to 

the conditions of release. Both the Victim and Pretrial Services are in agreement with the 

agreement and the modifications.

Dated: February 24, 2020 /S/ Susan St. Vincent

Susan St. Vincent

Legal Officer

Yosemite National Park

Dated: February 24, 2020 /S/ Benjamin A. Gerson

Benjamin A. Gerson

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorney for Steven Brian Esqueda

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Stipulation

ORDER

The court accepts the above stipulation and adopts its terms as the order of this court. 

Accordingly, the February 26, 2020 status conference e for Steven Brian Esqueda, case number 

1:19-mj-00243-JDP, is continued to February 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

The court further orders the conditions of release imposed on January 2, 2019 by 

Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto are modified as follows:

Condition (4) is revised to: The defendant must appear at United States District 

Courthouse 9004 Castle Cliff Court, Yosemite, CA 95389 on February 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. 

before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson.

Condition (7)(a) is revised to: The defendant must report to Pretrial Services and comply 

with their rules and regulations as required by Pretrial Services.

Condition (7)(f) is removed.

Condition (7)(h) is revised to allow defendant to have possession of his passport. 

Defendant must have prior approval of Pretrial Services prior to any travel outside the United 

States.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 24, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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