UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff, CASE NO. 15-mj-30088

vs.

VIOREL PRICOP,

Defendant.

 /

STIPULATION TO ADJOURN PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND 

FIND EXCLUDABLE DELAY UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT

The United States of America and Defendant VIOREL PRICOP 

(ADefendant@), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree that there 

is good cause to adjourn the Preliminary Examination in this case until July 8, 2016. 

See Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1(d). This extension of time is necessary to allow the parties 

to continue to investigate the facts of this case and engage in pre-indictment plea 

negotiations. Defendant, through counsel, concurs in this request and agrees that 

an extension of time is in his best interest.

The parties stipulate and agree that this Stipulation and any order resulting 

therefrom shall not affect any previous order of pretrial detention or pretrial release.

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The parties also stipulate and agree that the period from May 10, 2016 to July 

8, 2016, should be excluded in calculating the time within which an information or 

indictment must be filed under the Speedy Trial Act because, for the reasons set 

forth herein, the parties are engaged in plea negotiations. 18 U.S.C. ' 3161(h)(1).

Additionally, the parties agree that the adjournment from May 10, 2016 to 

July 8, 2016, would serve the ends of justice, and that the failure to grant this 

continuance Awould deny counsel for the Defendant . . . the reasonable time 

necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due 

diligence.@ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv). Therefore, Athe ends of justice served@

by the granting of such continuance will Aoutweigh the best interest of the public and 

the [D]efendant in a speedy trial.@ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A).

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Accordingly, the parties request that the Court find that, under the Speedy 

Trial Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3161(h)(1) and (h)(7)(A), the 

period of delay, as a result of the continuance, shall be excluded in computing the 

time within which an information or indictment must be filed.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

s / Adriana N. Dydell s /Leon J. Weiss (w/consent) 

ADRIANA N. DYDELL LEON J. WEISS

Assistant United States Attorney Law Office of Leon J. Weiss

211 W. Fort Street, Suite 2001 19390 West 10 Mile Road

Detroit, Michigan 48226 Southfield, Michigan 48075-2458

Phone: 313-226-9125 Phone: 248-568-7453

Email: adriana.dydell@usdoj.gov Email:ljweisslaw@aol.com

CA Bar No. 239516 P35996

s / Julie Beck 

JULIE BECK

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Forfeiture and Financial Litigation Unit

211 West Fort Street, Ste 2001

Detroit, MI 48226

(313) 226-9717

Email: julie.beck@usdoj.gov

P53291

Dated: May 6, 2016

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff, CASE NO. 15-mj-30088

vs.

VIOREL PRICOP,

Defendant.

 /

ORDER ADJOURNING PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

This matter coming before the court on the stipulation of the parties, it is 

hereby ORDERED that good cause exists to continue the Preliminary Examination 

in this case from May 10, 2016 to July 8, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 

5.1(d).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the period from May 10, 2016 up to and 

through the new date of the preliminary examination, July 8, 2016, shall be excluded 

in calculating the time within which an information or indictment must be filed 

because the parties are actively engaged in plea negotiations and because, for the 

reasons set forth in the parties’ stipulation, the ends of justice served by such 

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continuance outweigh the interests of the public and the Defendant in a speedy trial. 

See 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161(h)(1) & (h)(7).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/R. Steven Whalen 

HON. R. STEVEN WHALEN

United States Magistrate Judge

Date Entered: May 10, 2016

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