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Parties Involved:
Esam Ali
Defendant
Fawaz Ali
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

JEFFREY A. SPIVAK

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

Esam ALI (1), and 

Fawaz ALI (2),

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:20-CR-00130-JLT-SKO

STIPULATION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE 

TIME PERIODS UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT; 

[PROPOSED] FINDINGS AND ORDER 

TRIAL DATE: February 6, 2024

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

COURT: Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston

This case is set for Jury Trial on February 6, 2023. The case has resolved and both Defendants 

have filed plea agreements in this case. (ECF # 41, 42). 

As set forth below, the parties now request, by stipulation, that the Court (1) vacate the February 

6, 2024 trial date, (2) set the matter for change of plea January 30, 2024 at 10:00 am for both defendants, 

and (3) exclude time between the date of the Court’s Order through and including January 30, 2024

under the Speedy Trial Act.

STIPULATION

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

through defendants’ counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. By previous order, this matter was set for Jury Trial on February 6, 2023. 

2. By this stipulation, the parties now request that the Court (1) vacate the February 6, 2024

trial date, (2) set the matter for change of plea January 30, 2024 at 10:00 am for both defendants, and (3) 

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exclude time between the date of the Court’s Order through and including January 30, 2024 under the 

Speedy Trial Act.

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 is

voluminous and includes many thousands of hours of reports, financial records, and computer 

forensics evidence. All of this discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or 

made available for inspection and copying.

b) Counsel for defendant desires additional time consult with his/her client, to 

review the current charges, to conduct further investigation and research related to the charges, to 

review discovery, to prepare for the plea and sentencing hearing in this case. 

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

continuance would deny him/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 date of the Court’s Order to 

January 30, 2024, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(iv) 

[Local Code T4] because it results 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: December 11, 2023 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ JEFFREY A. SPIVAK

JEFFREY A. SPIVAK

Assistant United States Attorney

Dated: December 11, 2023 /s/ Carol Moses

Carol Moses

Counsel for Defendant

Esam ALI (1)

Dated: December 11, 2023 /s/ David Balakian

David Balakian 

Counsel for Defendant

Fawaz ALI (2)

[PROPOSED] FINDINGS AND ORDER

IT IS SO FOUND.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 12, 2023 

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