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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 (206) 553-7970

ORDER OF CONTINUANCE — 1

CR05-5785RBL 

Judge Ronald B. Leighton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT TACOMA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

) NO. CR05-5785RBL

Plaintiff, )

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v. )

) ORDER OF CONTINUANCE

SUZETTE BLAND, )

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Defendant. ) )

Before this Court is a Stipulated Motion to Extend the Pretrial Motions Deadline and to

Continue the Trial Date;

The Court finds, after a consideration of all relevant information and the circumstances of

this case, that the ends of justice would best be served by the granting of this request for

continuance. The ends of justice outweigh the best interests of the public and the Defendant in

having the matter brought to trial sooner. 

The Court finds that the parties’ request to extend the deadline for pretrial motions should

be GRANTED. The pretrial motions deadline scheduled for November 30, 2005, is VACATED. 

The pretrial motions deadline is continued to January 31, 2006.

For all the reasons presented in the files and records herein, the Court finds that the

parties’ stipulated request to continue the trial should be GRANTED. The trial date currently

scheduled for January 17, 2006, is VACATED. Trial shall be rescheduled to April 3, 2006 at

9:00 a.m. The Pretrial Conference is rescheduled to February 28, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 (206) 553-7970

ORDER OF CONTINUANCE — 2

CR05-5785RBL 

Any and all period of delay resulting from the granting of this continuance, from the date

of the filing of the parties stipulated request on December 16, 2005, until April 3, 2006, shall be

excludable time pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(1)(F) and (h)(8)(A),

and the Court makes the following findings:

a. That the failure to grant such a continuance in this case would be likely to

result in a miscarriage of justice. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(B)(i);

b. That it is in the defendant’s best interest to be aware of all of the potential

charges against her and to have the opportunity to negotiate settlements on all of those charges;

c. That the failure to grant such a continuance in this case would deny counsel

for the Defendant and the Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation,

taking into account the exercise of due diligence, because of the existence of a significant amount

of complex discovery including extensive medical records; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(B)(iv);

d. That because of ongoing negotiations and other discovery matters it may

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

within the time limits established by Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161. 18 U.S.C. §

3161(h)(8)(B)(ii). 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of December, 2005. ARONALD B. LEIGHTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

s/Norman M. Barbosa 

NORMAN M. BARBOSA

Special Assistant United States Attorney

s/Anna K. Woods 

ANNA K. WOODS

s/James B. Feldman 

JAMES B. FELDMAN

Attorneys for the Defendant

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