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Parties Involved:
Brent Douglas Cole
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1 USA REQUEST TO CONTINUE JUDGMENT AND 

SENTENCING

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

HEIKO P. COPPOLA

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.

BRENT DOUGLAS COLE,

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:14-CR-OO269 GEB

UNITED STATES’ REQUEST TO CONTINUE 

JUDGMENT AND SENTECING HEARING AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: August 7, 2015

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Court: Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

On July 29, 2015, defendant Brent Douglas Cole filed a “Motion for Correction of Pre-Sentence 

Report With Affidavit in Support.” (ECF 134). The United States received defendant’s 73 page 

pleading when it was served electronically by the District Court Clerk’s Office on July 30, 2015. On 

July 24, 2015, the U.S. Probation Officer filed amended Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSR), 

increasing the defendant’s offense level by six, resulting in significantly new advisory guideline range 

calculations. (ECF 131). The probation officer indicated to the undersigned that she provided a copy of 

the amended PSR to the defendant. Judgment and Sentence is currently set for August 7, 2015. 

The defendant raises a number factual and legal issues in his 73 page pleading, including 

application of the rule of lenity and potential double jeopardy concerns related to his conviction under 

18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that require further research. Given the lateness and length of defendant’s pleading,

the United States simply cannot respond in any meaningful fashion prior to August 7, 2015. 

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Therefore, United States respectfully requests that Judgment and Sentencing be continued until 

August 28, 2015, and that the United States file its response to “Motion for Correction of Pre-Sentence 

Report With Affidavit in Support” by August 21, 2015. The United States has contacted the U.S. 

Probation Officer and she has no objection to a continuance of the Judgment and Sentencing date. 

 Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 3, 2015

By:

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

/s/ HEIKO P. COPPOLA

HEIKO P. COPPOLA

Assistant United States Attorney

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Judgment and Sentencing is hereby continued until August 28, 2015. The United States 

shall file its response to defendant’s “Motion for Correction of Pre-Sentence Report With Affidavit in 

Support” by August 21, 2015. 

Dated: August 4, 2015

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