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GARY M. RESTAINO 

United States Attorney 

District of Arizona 

KEVIN M. RAPP (Ariz. Bar No. 014249, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov) MARGARET PERLMETER (Ariz. Bar No. 024805, margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov) PETER S. KOZINETS (Ariz. Bar No. 019856, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov) ANDREW C. STONE (Ariz. Bar No. 026543, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov) 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1800 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 

Telephone (602) 514-7500 

DAN G. BOYLE (N.Y. Bar No. 5216825, daniel.boyle2@usdoj.gov) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1400 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

Telephone (213) 894-2426 

NICOLE M. ARGENTIERI 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

AUSTIN M. BERRY (Texas Bar No. 24062615, austin.berry2@usdoj.gov) 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section 

1301 New York Avenue, NW, 11th Floor 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone (202) 412-4136 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 Defendants. 

CR-18-422-PHX-DJH 

UNITED STATES’ UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE 

TO FILE RESPONSES TO 

DEFENDANTS’ POST-TRIAL 

MOTIONS [Docs. 2004, 2006, 2007, 

2009] 

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The United States files this unopposed motion to extend deadline to file its responses 

to Defendants’ post-trial motions. Currently, the United States’ deadline to file responses 

to Defendants’ motions is Monday, December 18, 2023. (Doc. 1984.) The United States 

seeks a brief extension to move the deadline to Friday, December 22, 2023. These motions 

include the following:

- Defendant Michael Lacey’s Supplement to Rule 29 Motion Concerning Count 

100 and Joinder in Rule 29 Supplements of John Brunst and Scott Spear (Doc. 

2004);

- Defendant Scott Spear’s Supplement to His Rule 29 Motion Concerning All 

Counts of Conviction, And Joinder in Rule 29 Supplements of Michael Lacey 

and Scott Spear (Doc. 2006);

- Defendant John Brunst’s Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion for Acquittal 

Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 (Doc. 2007); and

- Defendants’ Motion for a New Trial (Doc. 2009).

The United States has conferred with counsel for Defendants Lacey, Spear, and 

Brunst, and they do not oppose this motion for a brief extension. This extension is 

consistent with the time Defendants had to file their motions. The jury returned their 

verdict on Thursday, November 16, 2023, and Defendants filed these four post-trial 

motions on Monday, December 4, 2023. Extending the deadline for the United States until 

Friday, December 22, 2023 makes these time-periods equivalent. 

A proposed form of Order is submitted in conjunction with this motion.

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Respectfully submitted this 13th day of December, 2023.

 GARY M. RESTAINO 

 United States Attorney 

 District of Arizona 

 NICOLE M. ARGENTIERI 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

 s/ Andrew C. Stone 

 KEVIN M. RAPP 

 MARGARET PERLMETER 

 PETER KOZINETS 

 ANDREW STONE 

DANIEL BOYLE

 Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

 AUSTIN M. BERRY 

Trial Attorney 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on December 13, 2023, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a 

Notice of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants who have entered their appearance 

as counsel of record. 

 s/ Gaynell Bunn 

US Attorney’s Office 

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