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Parties Involved:
Yaowapha Ritdet
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff
Steve Walter
Defendant

Document Text:

Stipulation & [Proposed] Order 

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

Acting United States Attorney 

DAVID CALLAWAY (CABN 121782) 

Chief, Criminal Division 

JOSE A. OLIVERA (CABN 279741) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

CHARLES A. O’REILLY (CABN 160980) 

Trial Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-6888 

Facsimile: (415) 436-7009 

Email: jose.olivera@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for United States of America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

YAOWAPHA RITDET, AND 

STEVE WALTER, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. CR-14-215 EMC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY 

The United States of America, through its undersigned counsel, represents the following facts to 

the Court: 

1. The United States previously provided more than 31,000 pages of discovery to Defendants. 

2. On February 2, 2016, at the change of counsel hearing regarding defendant Steve Walter, 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jose Olivera advised the Court that, in addition to the 31,000 pages 

of discovery identified in paragraph 1, the United States had in its possession numerous 

boxes of discovery obtained pursuant to search warrants, which had been made available to 

Defendants for their review and inspection, but that copies of these additional records had not 

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been provided. These additional boxes of discovery contain a variety of records, including 

approximately 13 boxes of wire transfer records and/or daily sales receipts wrapped in daily 

tally sheets, for both Ruen Tong Thai Cuisine and Walter Café and an additional box 

consisting of paper receipts for monthly expenses from purchases at various locations, 

including grocery stores and restaurant supply and office supply stores. These boxes contain 

in excess of one-hundred thousand pages of documents. The additional discovery also 

consists of boxes of bookkeeping records and other records found during the execution of 

search warrants in this case. 

3. Prior to the February 2, 2016, hearing, the United States began scanning many of the 

documents in these boxes, and will provide copies of all scanned material to Defendants. 

4. At the February 2, 2016 hearing, the Court ordered the United States to provide the 

additional discovery material to Defendants by March 2, 2016. 

5. In order to comply with the Court’s order, the United States requested an estimate from an 

outside vendor for scanning these voluminous records. The vendor informed the United 

States that the cost would be approximately $25,000 to scan all of the documents in these 

boxes. This cost is due to the nature of the records to be scanned. The largest part of the 

expense would be the scanning of the daily sales receipts from Ruen Tong Thai Cuisine and 

Walter Café. 

6. After receiving the estimate, the United States contacted counsel for both defendants and 

explained the costs involved with scanning of these records in their entirety. Defendant’s 

counsel were told that the estimated costs for scanning the document could be added as a cost 

of prosecution if one or both of the Defendants were convicted. Defendants agreed to the 

production of the additional discovery as set forth in the stipulation below, to wit, that 

Defendants would have the opportunity to review the un-scanned documents at the Offices of 

the United States Attorney and that they could request copies of various document to be 

scanned and provided to them. 

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STIPULATION 

The United States of America and Defendants Yaowapha Ritdet and Steve Walter, through their 

respective counsel, agree and stipulate as follows: 

7. Concerning the approximately 13 boxes containing records of wire transfers, daily sales 

receipts and/or tally sheets from Ruen Tong Thai Cuisine and Walter Café, identified in 

paragraph 2 above, the daily sales receipts will not be scanned. The daily tally sheets and 

wire transfers will be scanned and provided to the Defendants. Similarly, the box containing 

business expense receipts, identified in paragraph 2 above, will not be scanned. Instead, the 

United States will make the daily sales receipts and business expense receipts identified in 

paragraph 2 available to Defendants at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern 

District of California for their inspection and review. Defendants reserve the right to request 

that the United States scan and provide these documents at a future date, and recognize that 

the costs for such scanning could be assessed as a cost of prosecution if one or both of them 

was to be convicted. Defendants also reserve the right to challenge the assessment of these 

costs if convicted. 

8. United States will scan and provide copies of the documents contained in the other boxes by 

March 2, 2016. 

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9. The parties request an order regarding the additional discovery as set forth in this stipulation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 2, 2016. s/ Jose A. Olivera 

JOSE A. OLIVERA 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

CHARLES A. O’REILLY 

Trial Attorney 

Dated: March 2, 2016. s/ Adam Pennella 

ADAM PENNELLA 

Attorney for Defendant Walter 

Dated: March 2, 2016. s/ Emily J. Kingston 

EMILY J. KINGSTON 

Attorney for Defendant Ritdet 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

For the reasons set forth in the above Stipulation, the Court’s February 2, 2016 Order to provide 

additional discovery to the Defendants by March 2, 2016, shall be satisfied by the United States making 

available to the Defendants the boxes containing daily sales receipts from Ruen Tong Thai Cuisine and 

Walter Café, and the box containing business expense receipts, as set forth in the parties’ Stipulation. 

The United States will scan and provide to the Defendants the remaining discovery material as 

previously ordered. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:______________ ____________________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

3/2/2016

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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