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Parties Involved:
Nehemiah Avila
Defendant
Ricardo Marmolejo
Defendant
Ceasar Martinez
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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LAW OFFICE OF TODD D. LERAS

Todd D. Leras, CA SBN 145666

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 802

Sacramento, California 95814

(916) 504-3933

toddleras@gmail.com

Attorney for Defendant

NEHEMIAH AVILA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NEHEMIAH AVILA, CEASAR MARTINEZ,

and RICARDO MARMOLEJO,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:21-cr-020 TLN

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE 

AND EXCLUDING TIME UNDER THE 

SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

Date: December 16, 2021

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Court: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

Plaintiff United States of America by and through Assistant United States Attorney

Adrian Kinsella, and Attorney Todd Leras on behalf of Defendant Nehemiah Avila, Attorney 

Michael Long on behalf of Defendant Ceasar Martinez, and Attorney Dina Santos on behalf of 

Defendant Ricardo Marmolejo, stipulate as follows:

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1. This matter was set by previous stipulation of the parties for a status conference 

before Senior United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., on December 16, 

2021. By an Order, filed November 9, 2021, Chief District Judge Kimberly J. 

Mueller reassigned this matter to this Court based on the senior status of Judge 

England (Docket Entry 55). The Order further vacated all currently set dates and 

directed the parties to file appropriate paperwork setting new dates. By this 

stipulation, Defendants Avila, Martinez, and Marmolejo move to continue the status 

conference to February 24, 2022. The government does not oppose the request.

2. This case involves a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Investigation of 

the matter included the use of controlled purchases and court-authorized wiretaps. 

The government has provided defense counsel with discovery materials, including 

more than one thousand audio files of intercepted telephone calls, which can 

accurately be described as voluminous.

3. All defense counsel require additional time to review discovery materials with their 

respective clients and to conduct investigation as to potential defenses. 

4. Given the need for defense investigation, Defendants Avila, Martinez, and Marmolejo

request to continue the status conference in this matter to February 24, 2022, at 9:30 

a.m., and to exclude time between December 16, 2021 and February 24, 2022, 

inclusive, under Local Code T-4. Time has previously been excluded at the request 

of Defendants up to and including December 16, 2021.

5. All defense counsel represent and believe that failure to grant additional time as 

requested would deny Defendants Avila, Martinez, and Marmolejo the reasonable 

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time necessary for effective preparation, considering the exercise of due diligence.

6. Based on the above-stated facts, Defendants Avila, Martinez, and Marmolejo request 

that the Court find that the ends of justice served by continuing the case as requested 

outweigh the best interest of the public and the Defendants in a trial within the time 

prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act.

7. 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 December 16, 2021 to 

February 24, 2022, inclusive, is deemed excludable pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 

3161(h)(7)(A), and (B) (iv) [Local Code T-4] because it results from a continuance 

granted by the Court at Defendants’ request on the basis that the ends of justice 

served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the 

Defendants in a speedy trial.

8. 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.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian Kinsella, Attorney Michael Long on behalf of Defendant 

Ceasar Martinez, and Attorney Dina Santos on behalf of Defendant Ricardo Marmolejo have

reviewed this stipulation and proposed order and authorized Todd Leras via email to sign it on 

behalf of their respective clients.

DATED: November 22, 2021 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney 

By /s/ Todd D. Leras for

ADRIAN T. KINSELLA

Assistant United States Attorney

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DATED: November 22, 2021

By /s/ Todd D. Leras

TODD D. LERAS

Attorney for Defendant

NEHEMIAH AVILA

DATED: November 22, 2021

By /s/ Todd D. Leras for

MICHAEL D. LONG,

Attorney for Defendant

CEASAR MARTINEZ

DATED: November 22, 2021

By /s/ Todd D. Leras for

DINA SANTOS

Attorney for Defendant

RICARDO MARMOLEJO

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ORDER

BASED ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, it is 

hereby ordered that following reassignment of this matter from Senior United States District 

Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., to United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley, a new status 

conference is scheduled for February 24, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. The Court further finds, based on 

the representations of the parties and the request of all defense counsel, that the ends of justice 

served by granting the request to set this matter for a new status conference date outweigh the 

best interests of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial. Time shall be excluded under 

the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) and Local Code T-4, to allow necessary 

attorney preparation taking into consideration the exercise of due diligence for the period from

December 16, 2021, up to and including February 24, 2022.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 11/23/2021

 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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