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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO EXTEND

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220

Seattle, Washington 98101-1271

(206) 553-7970

THE HONORABLE RICARDO S. MARTINEZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

) CR05-0343RSM

Plaintiff, ) 

)

v. ) ORDER GRANTING 

) STIPULATED MOTION TO 

) EXTEND TIME TO FILE 

ABEL CASTRO-RUIZ, ) INFORMATION OR INDICTMENT 

 )

 Defendant. )

 )

THIS MATTER having come before the Court on the stipulated motion of the

parties for an order extending the time within which an information or indictment shall be

filed, and the Court having considered the stipulated motion of the parties, together with

the balance of the records and files herein, the Court now finds and rules as follows:

 For the reasons stated in the parties’ stipulated motion, the Court finds that the

ends of justice served by granting the requested continuance outweigh the interest of the

public and Defendant in a speedy trial, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the stipulated motion of the parties to extend the

time within an information or indictment shall be filed is GRANTED;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the period of delay from the date of filing of the

parties’ stipulated motion until November 18, 2005, is excludable, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO EXTEND

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220

Seattle, Washington 98101-1271

(206) 553-7970

§§ 3161(h)(8)(A), (B)(i) -(iv), for the purpose of computing the time limitations imposed

by the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161-3174.

Having advised the Court through the representations of counsel that Defendant

has agreed to waive his speedy trial rights under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. 

§§ 3161-3174, and that he has further agreed that the period from the date of filing of the

stipulated motion until November 18, 2005, shall be an excludable period of time

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161(h)(8)(A), (B)(i)-(iv), the Defendant shall immediately

execute and file a formal waiver of his speedy trial rights documenting his agreement to

the continuance and to the exclusion of time.

DATED this __11__day of October, 2005.

A

RICARDO S. MARTINEZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Presented by:

s/ Karyn S. Johnson 

KARYN S. JOHNSON

Assistant United States Attorney

WSBA# 28857

United States Attorney’s Office

700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220

Seattle, Washington 98101

Telephone: (206) 553-2462

Facsimile: (206) 553-2422

E-Mail: karyn.s.johnson@usdoj.gov

s/ Nancy Tenney 

NANCY TENNEY

Attorney for Abel Castro-Ruiz

Office of the Federal Public Defender

Westlake Center Office Tower

1601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206)553-1100

Facsimile: (206)553-0120

E-Mail: nancy_tenney@fd.org

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