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Parties Involved:
Tammy Cao
Defendant
Vanessa Pham
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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Stipulation to Continue Status Conference U.S. v. Cao, et al., 14-cr-0024 KJN

HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, #122664 

Federal Defender 

LINDA HARDER, #179741 

Chief Assistant for the Federal Defender 

GREGORY HAYES 

Certified Law Student for the Federal Defender 

801 I Street, 3rd Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel: 916-498-5700/Fax 916-498-5710 

Attorney for Defendant 

TAMMY CAO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

TAMMY CAO and VANESSA PHAM, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 14-cr-0024 KJN 

AMENDED STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE 

Date: June 4, 2014 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Judge: Hon. Kendall J. Newman 

The United States of America, by and through Eric Chai, Special Assistant United States 

Attorney, together with the defendants, Tammy Cao, through Linda Harter, Chief Assistant for 

the Federal Defender, and defendant, Vanessa Pham, through her counsel, Michelle Spaulding, 

agree to vacate the status conference date of April 9, 2014 and set the status conference for June 

4, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. for the following reason: 

 The extra time will allow defense counsel to review discovery, which includes thousands 

of pages of documents. Additionally, Ms. Cao requires an interpreter to be present. An 

interpreter is not available unless the government pays $1000 to have an interpreter come to the 

hearing from San Jose. 

 The parties agree that the Court should exclude time from computation under the Speedy 

Trial Act, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(B)(iv) and Local Code T4, due to the need to 

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provide defense counsel with the reasonable time to prepare, and that the ends of justice to be 

served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in 

a speedy trial. The exclusion of time is from April 9, 2014 until June 4, 2014. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 7, 2014 HEATHER E. WILLIAMS 

 Federal Defender 

/s/ Linda Harter 

LINDA HARTER 

Chief Assistant for the Federal Defender 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 TAMMY CAO 

Dated: April 7, 2014 

 /s/ Michelle Spaulding 

 MICHELLE SPAULDING 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 VANESSA PHAM 

Dated: April 7, 2014 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

 United States Attorney 

 /s/ Eric Chai 

 Eric Chai 

 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

O R D E R 

Based on the reasons set forth in the stipulation of the parties filed on April 7, 2014, and 

good cause appearing therefrom, the Court adopts the stipulation of the parties in its entirety. IT 

IS HEREBY ORDERED that the status conference currently set for Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 

be vacated and that a status conference be set for Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. The 

Court finds that the ends of justice to be served by granting a continuance outweigh the best 

interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that, for the reasons stated in the parties’ April 7, 2014 stipulation, the time within 

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which the trial of this matter must be commenced under the Speedy Trial Act is excluded during 

the time period of April 9, 2014, through and including June 4, 2014, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

§3161(h)(7)(A) and (B)(iv) and Local Code T4. 

Dated: April 8, 2014 

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