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Parties Involved:
Vishal Dasa
Defendant
Anji Reddy Dirisinala
Defendant
Ramakrishna Reddy Karra
Defendant
Tushar Tambe
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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STEVEN G. KALAR

Federal Public Defender

ANGELA M. HANSEN

Assistant Federal Public Defender

555 - 12th Street, Suite 650

Oakland, CA 94607-3627

Telephone: (510) 637-3500

Counsel for Defendant DASA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

VISHAL DASA,

ANJI REDDY DIRISINALA,

RAMAKRISHNA REDDY KARRA, and

TUSHAR TAMBE

Defendants. 

 

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No. CR-11-00742 SBA

STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE

HEARING DATE TO FEBRUARY 15,

2013 AND TO EXCLUDE TIME UNDER

THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Hearing Date: January 4, 2013 

Time: 10:00 a.m.

The Honorable Kandis A. Westmore

The above-captioned matter is set on January 4, 2013 before this Court for a status

hearing. The parties jointly request that the Court continue the matter to February 15, 2013, at

9:30 a.m., before the sitting magistrate court, and that the Court exclude time under the Speedy

Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, between January 4, 2013 and February 15, 2013, so that the defense

can have additional time to review and assess the voluminous discovery in this case, including

supplemental discovery. Counsel for Mr. Anji Dirisinala, however, plans to appear on January 4,

2013 on behalf of her client so that new counsel may be appointed. 

On October 7, 2011, the United States Attorney filed a one-count Information charging

defendants with conspiracy to commit visa fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1546(a). 

Stip. Req. To Continue Hearing Date and to

Exclude Time, No. CR-11-0742 SBA

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On October 11, 2011, the defendants appeared before the magistrate court, waived Indictment 

and were arraigned. Defendants face a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment on this

charge. 

By way of background, this case is related to a larger investigation involving Tri-Valley

University (“TVU”), which the government has alleged was a sham university that accepted

foreign students and issued legal status for these students without requiring that they attend

classes. See Indictment in United States v. Susan Su, CR 11-00288-SBA. That case is set for

trial in the Spring of 2013. The case against Ms. Su is likely to proceed to trial and the parties

anticipate that this case will resolve before that trial proceeds. 

The four defendants charged in this related case request additional time to review the

discovery that the government has already produced, which includes voluminous files from TVU

computers that the government seized and that the defendants need to review. Additionally, the

defense requested that the government produce additional discovery relating to the broader

investigation in this case, and the government has produced that discovery. For these reasons,

the defense requests additional time to review discovery and to assess this case, and the parties

agree that this is an appropriate reason to continue this case until February 15, 2013.

The parties stipulate and agree that the ends of justice served by this continuance

outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. The parties further

agree that the failure to grant this continuance would unreasonably deny counsel for defendants

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

diligence. Accordingly, the parties agree that the period of time from January 4, 2013 until

February 15, 2013, should be excluded in accordance with the provisions of the Speedy Trial

Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv), for effective preparation of defense counsel, taking

into account the exercise of due diligence. 

Stip. Req. To Continue Hearing Date and to

Exclude Time, No. CR-11-0742 SBA 2

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DATED:January 3, 2013 /S/

WADE M. RHYNE

HARTLEY M.K. WEST

Assistant United States Attorneys

DATED: January 3, 2013 /S/

KENNETH MCGUIRE

Counsel for Tushar Tambe

DATED: January 3, 2013 /S/

GINNY H.K. WALIA

Counsel for Ramakrishna Reddy Karra

DATED: January 3, 2013 /S/

ANGELA M. HANSEN

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Counsel for Vishal Dasa

Stip. Req. To Continue Hearing Date and to

Exclude Time, No. CR-11-0742 SBA 3

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ORDER

Based on the reasons provided in the stipulation of the parties above, the Court hereby

FINDS:

1. Given that this case is related to a larger investigation involving Tri-Valley

University and the Indictment in United States v. Susan Su, CR 11-00288-SBA, and that the

government produced discovery to defendants that includes voluminous computer files from the

University that the defense needs to review; 

2. Given that the defense has requested additional discovery and that the government

produced and the defense needs to review;

3. Given that a complete review of the discovery is necessary to the defense

preparation of the case and that the failure to grant the requested continuance would

unreasonably deny counsel for defendants the reasonable time necessary for effective

preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence;

4. Given that the ends of justice served by this continuance outweigh the best interest

of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial; 

Based on these findings, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the STATUS date of January 4,

2013, scheduled at 9:30 a.m., before the Honorable Kandis A. Westmore, is vacated for all of the

defendants except for Anji Dirisinala and is reset for February 15, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. before the

sitting magistrate court. It is FURTHER ORDERED that time is excluded pursuant to the

Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv), from January 4, 2013 until February

15, 2013. 

January __, 2013 ____________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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