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Parties Involved:
LeRoy Albert Lewis
Defendant
Roy Albert Lewis
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

) Case No. CR05-0638 SI

Plaintiff, ) 

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v. )

) Stipulation and Proposed Order to Exclude

) Time Under the Speedy Trial Act

LEROY ALBERT LEWIS, )

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Defendant. ) 

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The United States of America and defendant LeRoy Albert Lewis, by and through their

undersigned counsel, respectfully move the Court in this stipulation to exclude the time between June

30, 2006 and October 6, 2006 for purposes of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq. The

parties request this time to be excluded for Speedy Trial purposes in order to adequately prepare for

trial pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8). 

The Speedy Trial Act generally requires a defendant to be tried within seventy days of his initial

appearance in court. See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1). Defendant LeRoy Albert Lewis first appeared in

court on October 12, 2005. Since that time, defendant LeRoy Albert Lewis has requested that his trial

date be postponed because he is receiving treatment for a medical condition and cannot prepare for

trial. At a hearing on June 30, 2006, the Court granted his request and ordered the parties to appear at a

status conference on October 6, 2006. This case involves allegations of a highly complex tax

conspiracy. The parties cannot adequately prepare for trial within seventy days, especially in light of

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defendant LeRoy Albert Lewis’s medical condition. In a series of Orders, the Court has previously

excluded the time from November 16, 2005 until June 30, 2006 for Speedy Trial considerations. The

parties now agree that the Court should also exclude the time from June 30, 2006 until October 6, 2006

in order to prepare for trial, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8).

Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Northern District of California

 By: /s/ 

Robert J. Livermore

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Tax Division

Northern Criminal Enforcement Section

601 D Street NW, Suite 7122

Washington, DC 20044

(202) 514-2722

(202) 616-1786 (facsimile)

Virginia State Bar Number: 42957

 /s/ 

Barry Portman

Federal Public Defender

Attorney for Defendant LeRoy Albert Lewis

Order

The Court finds that the time from June 30, 2006 until October 6, 2006 is properly excluded for

Speedy Trial purposes under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8) to allow the parties to prepare for trial. In so

doing, the Court finds that this case is “so complex . . . that it is unreasonable to expect adequate

preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established by” the

Speedy Trial Act. The Court also finds that the ends of justice are best served by excluding this time,

and that this outweighs the interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial pursuant to 18

U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A). See Zedner v. United States, -- S.Ct.--, 2006 WL 1519360 (June 5, 2006). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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