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Parties Involved:
Bartholomew Joseph Alexis
Defendant
Tommy Tzeman Chow
Defendant
I Ching Chu
Defendant
Theodore Honniball
Defendant
Jeffrey Randall Joe
Defendant
Genaro Valentine Lopez
Defendant
Edgar Allen Sanchez
Defendant
Edwin Gordon Toy
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff
Phat Van Vuong
Defendant
Richard Wong
Defendant

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KEVIN V. RYAN (CASBN 118321)

United States Attorney

MARK L. KROTOSKI (CASBN 138549)

Chief, Criminal Division

ANDREW M. SCOBLE (CASBN 124940)

ALEXIS HUNTER (NYSBN 3939824)

Assistant United States Attorneys

450 Golden Gate Ave. 

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7249

Fax: (415) 436-7234

E-Mail: andrew.scoble@usdoj.gov

alexis.hunter@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

RICHARD WONG,

BARTHOLOMEW JOSEPH ALEXIS,

TOMMY TZEMAN CHOW,

I CHING CHU,

THEODORE HONNIBALL,

JEFFREY RANDALL JOE,

GENARO VALENTINE LOPEZ,

EDGAR ALLEN SANCHEZ,

EDWIN GORDON TOY, and

PHAT VAN VUONG,

Defendants.

 

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No.: CR 06-0428 SI

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXCLUDING

TIME FROM SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

COMPUTATION 

Defendants Wong, Joe, and Toy appeared before the Court on December 15, 2006 with

counsel. Defendant Chu (whose appearance had been previously waived) appeared through

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ORDER EXCLUDING TIME

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counsel, Mary McNamara. Defendants Chow, Honniball and Vuong were not present, as they

have previously been set for trial on April 23, 2007 with a separate Speedy Trial Act exclusion

ordered from October 20, 2006 through April 16, 2007. Defendants Bart Alexis and Edgar Allen

Sanchez have not yet been brought before this Court and so were not present. Defendant Lopez

was present for sentencing pursuant to a written plea agreement.

 At the hearing, the Court set a briefing schedule for defendant Wong’s motion for a bill

of particulars, and set the hearing for February 2, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. The Court heard argument

on defendant Chu’s motion to suppress evidence seized incident to arrest, and the Court

continued by one week the hearing on defendant Joe’s motion to suppress the fruits of a state

search warrant executed at his residence.

The parties present agreed in open Court to a further Speedy Trial Act exclusion on the

basis of factual and legal complexity, and on the basis of the need for continuing of counsel. 

Accordingly, based upon the parties’ representations at the hearing, upon their prior

representations regarding the legal and factual complexity of this case, and upon their agreement

in open Court, THE COURT FINDS THAT the ends of justice served by granting a continuance

from December 15, 2006 through and including February 2, 2007 outweigh the best interest of

the public and the defendants in a speedy trial, and that the case is so legally and factually

complex, due to the nature of the prosecution (including the volume and range of discovery, and

the nature of the underlying investigation) and the number of defendants, that it is unreasonable

to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings and for the trial within the otherwise

applicable time limits set forth in the Speedy Trial Act, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §

3161(h)(8)(A) & (B)(ii). 

THE COURT FURTHER FINDS THAT failure to grant the requested continuance

would unreasonably deny the defendants continuity of counsel and the reasonable time necessary

for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence, within the meaning of 

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18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A) & (B)(iv). 

Accordingly, THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. This case is continued to February 2, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. for hearing on defendant

Wong’s motion for a bill of particulars and for further status and setting of motions and/or trial. 

2. The period from December 15, 2006 through and including February 2, 2007 is

excluded from the otherwise applicable Speedy Trial Act computation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

§ 3161(h)(8)(A) & (B)(ii) & (iv).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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