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Parties Involved:
Mirella Castillo
Defendant
Jesus Perez Garcia Jr.
Defendant
Calvin Guntetong
Defendant
Allen Khamtrashyan
Defendant
Jose Galan Lopez
Defendant
Jacklyn Mlady-Saenz
Defendant
Adolfo Montiel
Defendant
Jose Nunez
Defendant
Sergio Pena
Defendant
Andres Silva-Corona Perez
Defendant
Christian Jair Sanchez Rodriguez
Defendant
Ruben Saenz
Defendant
Luz Maria Cobrera Salazar
Defendant
Luz Maria Corbera Salazar
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff
Kiara Sinaii Valdivia
Defendant
Jesus Rafael Ulloa Vallejo
Defendant
Elvis David Vasquez
Defendant
Emily Vela
Defendant

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

JUSTIN J. GILIO 

CODY S. CHAPPLE 

Assistant United States Attorneys 

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. 

ADOLFO MONTIEL, 

JOSE NUNEZ, 

JESUS PEREZ GARCIA JR., 

ANDRES SILVA-CORONA PEREZ, 

RUBEN SAENZ, 

ELVIS DAVID VASQUEZ, 

MIRELLA CASTILLO, 

SERGIO PENA, 

KIARA SINAII VALDIVIA, 

JESUS RAFAEL ULLOA VALLEJO, 

CALVIN GUNTETONG, 

JACKLYN SAENZ, 

LUZ MARIA COBRERA SALAZAR, 

JOSE GALAN LOPEZ, 

CHRISTIAN JAIR SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, 

ALLEN KHAMTRASHYAN, and 

EMILY VELA, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 1:24-CR-00128-JLT-SKO 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

STATUS CONFERENCE AND EXCLUDE TIME

STIPULATION 

The 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 status on September 18, 2024. 

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2. By this stipulation, defendants now move to continue the status conference until January 

15, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. and to exclude time between September 18, 2024, and January 15, 2025. 

3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request that the Court find the following: 

a. The discovery associated with this case is voluminous and includes tens of thousands 

of pages, including investigative reports, photographs and videos, as well as hundreds 

of hours of recorded conversations, many cellular phone extractions, and large 

amounts of cellular telephone precise location data and vehicle tracker data. All this 

discovery has been either produced directly to counsel and/or made available for 

inspection and copying. 

b. Counsel for defendants desire additional time to consult with their clients, conduct 

investigation, review the voluminous discovery, prepare for a possible trial, and 

explore a potential pre-trial resolution of the case. 

c. Counsel for defendants believe 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. The parties agree that the interests of justice served by granting this continuance 

outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. The 

parties also agree that the period from September 18, 2024, through January 15, 2025, 

should be excluded under Title 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(i), B(ii), and B(iv) 

because the case is so unusual or so complex, due to the number of defendants, the 

nature of the prosecution, or the existence of novel questions of fact or law, that it is 

unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial 

itself within the time limits established by this section. This stipulation also results 

from a continuance granted by the Court at defendant’s request on the basis of the 

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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. 

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: September 6, 2024 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

/s/ Cody Chapple 

 Justin Gilio 

Cody Chapple 

Assistant United States Attorneys 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Peter Michael Jones 

Peter Michael Jones 

Counsel for Defendant 

Adolfo Montiel 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ W. Scott Quinlan 

W. Scott Quinlan 

Counsel for Defendant 

Jose Nunez 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ E. Marshall Hodgkins , III

E. Marshall Hodgkins , III 

Counsel for Defendant 

Jesus Perez Garcia, Jr. 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Galatea DeLapp

Galatea DeLapp 

Counsel for Defendant 

Andres Silva-Corona Perez 

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Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Monica Bermudez 

Monica Bermudez 

Counsel for Defendant 

Ruben Saenz 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Roger Dale Wilson 

Roger Dale Wilson 

Counsel for Defendant 

Elvis David Vasquez 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Serita Rios 

Serita Rios 

Counsel for Defendant 

Mirella Castillo 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Timothy P. Hennessy

Timothy P. Hennessy 

Counsel for Defendant 

Sergio Pena

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Ken Moyal 

Ken Moyal 

Counsel for Defendant 

Kiara Sinaii Valdivia

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Douglas C. Foster

Douglas C. Foster 

Counsel for Defendant 

Jesus Rafael Ulloa Vallejo 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Anthony Michael Solis 

Anthony Michael Solis 

Counsel for Defendant 

Calvin Guntetong

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Harry Drandell

Harry Drandell 

Counsel for Defendant 

Jacklyn Mlady-Saenz 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Richard A. Beshwate , Jr.

Richard A. Beshwate , Jr. 

Counsel for Defendant 

Luz Maria Corbera Salazar

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Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Mark Broughton 

Mark A. Broughton 

Counsel for Defendant 

Jose Galan Lopez 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Elon Berk 

Elon Berk 

Counsel for Defendant 

Christian Jair Sanchez Rodriguez 

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Garo Ghazarian 

Garo Ghazarian 

Counsel for Defendant 

Allen Khamtrashyan

Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Melissa B. Baloian 

Melissa B. Baloian 

Counsel for Defendant 

Emily Vela

 ORDER 

The Court has read and considered the parties’ stipulation to continue the status conference and 

exclude time. The Court finds there is good cause for the continuance so as to allow the defendants 

reasonable time to complete their review of the discovery and fully consider any pre-trial resolution of the 

case. The Court also finds that the interests of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the 

interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial. 

Therefore, for good cause shown: 

1. The status conference is continued from September 18, 2024, until January 15, 2025, at 

1:00 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Shiela K. Oberto; and 

2. The period from September 18, 2024, through January 15, 2025, shall be excluded pursuant 

to Title 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(A), B(i), B(ii), and B(iv) because the case is so unusual or 

so complex, due to the number of defendants, the nature of the prosecution, or the existence 

of novel questions of fact or law, that it is unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for 

pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established by this section. 

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This continuance is also 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

9/6/2024

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