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Parties Involved:
Kari Sonovich
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States v. Sonovich, Continue Status Conference to 

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JAMES R. GREINER, ESQ. 

CALIFORNIA STATE BAR NUMBER 123357 

LAW OFFICES OF JAMES R. GREINER 

1024 IRON POINT ROAD 

FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA 95630 

TELEPHONE: (916) 357-6701 

FAX: (916) 920-7951 

E mail: jaygreiner@midtown.net 

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT 

KARI SONOVICH 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,) CR.NO.S-14-23--JAM 

 ) 

PLAINTIFF, ) STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO 

 ) CONTINUE THE STATUS CONFERENCE TO 

 v. ) TUESDAY, July 14, 2015 WITH 

 ) EXCLUSION OF TIME FROM THE SPEEDY 

KARI SONOVICH, ) TRIAL ACT AND FINDINGS OF FACT AND 

 ) ORDER 

 ) 

DEFENDANT. ) 

 ) 

_________________________) 

The parties to this litigation, the United States of 

America, represented by Assistant United States Attorney, Jean 

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M. Hobler, and for the defendant, KARI SONOVICH, James R. 

Greiner, hereby agree and stipulate to the following1: 

 1-By previous order, this matter was set for 

status on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, see docket entry number 

26. 

 2. By this Stipulation, the defendant now moves 

to continue the status conference until Tuesday, July 14, 2015 

and to continue to exclude time pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act 

between Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 

under Local Codes T-2 (complexity) and T-4 (time for adequate 

attorney preparation), as was done on February 6, 2014 and 

September 30, 2014, respectively. (See docket entries numbers 9 

and 26). The government has produced the following discovery in 

this case: 

 a- A CD with 10,970 pages of discovery has 

been produced to the defense to date and 

 b- the related case of: USA v. Vassallo, 09-

179; SEC v. Vassallo,09-665; USA v. Sanders, 090-459 and USA 

v. Kenitzer, 09-459, there is approximately 65,000 pages of 

discovery and 

 

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 The government requested that the format presented in this stipulation 

be used by the parties. 

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 c- In addition, the government had issued to 

Google a search warrant for two e mail addresses, the government 

produced 7 DVD’s of information that were in zip drive (meaning 

a lot of information). The defense completed the transfer of the 

7 DVD’s to an external 4 TB hard drive (so the zip drives could 

be open in full) by the early part of November 2014 and has been 

reviewing the information since that time. 

 3. The parties agree and stipulate to the 

following facts and request the Court to find the following: 

 a. The government has produced discovery to date 

which consists of 10,970 pages and 

 b. the related cases of: USA v. Sanders, 090-459, 

USA v. Kenitzer, 09-459, USA v. Vassallo, 09-179 and SEC v. 

Vassallo,09-665; there is approximately 65,000 pages of 

discovery and 

 c. The 7 DVD’s in zip drive which have been 

transferred to a 4 TB external hard drive that as a 

conservative estimate has over approximately 250,000 documents. 

 d. Counsel for defendant Kari Sonovich needs 

time, to continue to review all of the discovery described 

above, to review the discovery with the client and 

investigators, to continue to formulate an investigation plan, 

to conduct investigation into this case, do research, which 

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includes legal research, in this case, and to otherwise do 

review and investigation, using due diligence, that this complex 

case requires. 

 d. Counsel for defendant Kari Sonovich represents 

that the failure to grant the above requested continuance would 

deny counsel for the defendant Kari Sonovich the reasonable time 

necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the 

exercise of due diligence. 

 e. The government, based on all of the above, 

does not object to the continuance. 

 f. 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. 

 g. For the purpose of computing the time under 

the Speedy Trial Act, Title 18 U.S.C. section 3161, et seq., 

within which trial must commence, the time period from Tuesday, 

February 24, 2015 to Tuesday, July 14, 2015, inclusive, is 

deemed excludable pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. section 

3161(h)(7)(A, (B)(ii) and (iv) corresponding to Local Codes T-2 

and T-4, because it results from a continuance granted by the 

Court at defendants’ request on the basis of the Court’s finding 

that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh 

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the best interest of the public and all of the defendants in a 

speedy trial. 

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. 

 Each attorney has granted James R. Greiner full 

authority to sign for each individual attorney. 

Respectfully submitted: 

 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

DATED: 2-17-15 /s/ Jean M. Hobler 

 _____________________________________ 

 Jean M. Hobler 

 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

 ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF 

DATED: 2-17-15 /s/ James R. Greiner 

 _______________________ 

 James R. Greiner 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 KARI SONOVICH 

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ORDER 

 

 

 IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED.

DATED: FEBRUARY 17, 2015 

 

 

 /s/ John A. Mendez___ 

JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES 

 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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