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Parties Involved:
Alejandra Susana Castillo
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

ADRIAN T. KINSELLA

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

ALEJANDRA SUSANA CASTILLO,

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:24-CR-00325-DC

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CHANGE OF 

PLEA AND REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME 

PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; 

FINDINGS AND ORDER

DATE: January 10, 2025

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

COURT: Hon. Dena M. Coggins

STIPULATION

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendant, by and 

through defendant’s counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. By previous order, this matter was set for a Change of Plea hearing on January 10, 2025. 

2. By this stipulation, defendant now moves to continue the hearing until January 31, 2025, 

and to exclude time between January 10, 2025, and January 31, 2025, under Local Code T4. 

3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following: 

a) The government has represented that the discovery associated with this case 

includes over 200 gb of investigative reports, surveillance video and photographs, forensic 

cellular phone examinations, and other related evidence. All of this discovery has been either 

produced directly to counsel and/or made available for inspection and copying.

b) Counsel for defendant relayed that her client just began a new medication on 

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January 5, 2025 that may have some impact on her ability to conduct a change of plea on January 

10, 2025. Counsel for defendant desires additional time to consult with her client and ensure she 

is ready to enter a change of plea. Additionally, should the case not resolve with a change of 

plea as is currently expected, counsel for defendant needs additional time to consider pretrial 

motions and otherwise prepare for trial.

c) Counsel for defendant believes that failure to grant the above-requested 

continuance would deny her the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into 

account the exercise of due diligence.

d) The government does not object to the continuance.

e) Based on the above-stated findings, the ends of justice served by continuing the 

case as requested outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a trial within the 

original date prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act. 

f) 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 January 10, 2025 to January 31, 

2025, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) [Local Code 

T4] because it would result from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant’s 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.

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4. Nothing in this stipulation and order shall preclude a finding that other provisions of the 

Speedy Trial Act dictate that additional time periods are excludable from the period within which a trial 

must commence.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 6, 2025 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ ADRIAN T. KINSELLA

ADRIAN T. KINSELLA

Assistant United States Attorney

Dated: January 6, 2025 /s/ Christina Sinha

Christina Sinha

Assistant Federal Defender

Counsel for Defendant 

Alejandra Susana Castillo

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, the Court, having received, read, and considered the parties’ 

stipulation, and good cause appearing therefrom, adopts the parties’ stipulation in its entirety as its order. 

The Court specifically finds the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny counsel 

reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. 

The Court finds the ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance and outweigh the best 

interests of the public and defendant in a speedy trial. Accordingly, the Change of Plea hearing set for 

January 10, 2025 is vacated and reset for January 31, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8 before the 

Honorable Dena M. Coggins. Time is excluded as provided by Local Code T4 from January 10, 2025 

through January 31, 2025. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2025 ___________________________

Dena Coggins

United States District Judge

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