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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 

KENNETH POLITE 

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-2, 3 UNITED STATES’ UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE 

TO RESPOND TO MOTION TO 

DISMISS SUPERSEDING 

INDICTMENT 

[Doc. 1557] 

(First Request) 

On March 30, 2023, Defendants James Larkin, Michael Lacey, Scott Spear, John 

Brunst, Andrew Padilla, and Joye Vaught filed a Motion to Dismiss the Superseding 

Indictment (Doc. 1557) and 174 pages of supporting exhibits (Doc. 1557-1). Because 

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AUSAs Andrew Stone and Peter Kozinets have separate criminal trials in April 2023, and 

their co-counsel in this case have other imminent deadlines in April, and to provide the 

United States with sufficient time to complete its response to the Motion to Dismiss, the 

United States respectfully requests that the Court enter an order extending the response 

deadline from April 13 to May 5, 2023. 

The United States has conferred with counsel for Defendants (Joseph Roth, Paul 

Cambria, Bruce Feder, Eric Kessler, Gary Lincenberg, David Eisenberg, and Joy Bertrand) 

about this request, and Defense counsel have informed the United States that they have no 

objection to extending the United States’ response deadline to May 5, 2023. 

Excludable delay under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h) may occur as a result of this motion or 

an order based thereon. 

A proposed form of Order is being lodged herewith. 

Respectfully submitted this 31st day of March, 2023. 

 GARY M. RESTAINO 

 United States Attorney 

 District of Arizona 

 KENNETH POLITE 

 Assistant Attorney General 

 Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

 s/Peter S. Kozinets _____________________ KEVIN M. RAPP 

 MARGARET PERLMETER 

 PETER KOZINETS 

 ANDREW STONE 

 DANIEL BOYLE 

 Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

 AUSTIN BERRY 

 Trial Attorney 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on March 31, 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/ Brian Wolfe

Brian Wolfe 

U.S. Attorney’s Office 

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