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Bruce Feder (AZ Bar No. 004832) 

FEDER LAW OFFICE PA

2930 E. Camelback Road, Suite 160 

Phoenix, Arizona 85016 

Telephone: 602.257.0135 

bf@federlawpa.com 

Attorney/Knapp Counsel for Scott Spear 

Eric W. Kessler, Esq. (AZ Bar No. 009158) 

KESSLER LAW GROUP 

9237 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 230 

Scottsdale, AZ 85258 

Telephone: 480.644.0093 

Eric@kesslerlawgroup.net 

Attorney for Scott Spear 

Gary Lincenberg (CA Bar No. 123058, admitted pro hac vice) 

Gopi Panchapakesan (CA Bar No. 279856, admitted pro hac vice)

BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT, NESSIM DROOKS LINCENBERG RHOW, PC

1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor

Los Angeles, California 90067-2561

Telephone: 310.201.2100

glincenberg@birdmarella.com

gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com

Attorneys for John Brunst

Paul J. Cambria (NY Bar No. 1430909, admitted pro hac vice)

Erin McCampbell Paris (NY Bar No. 4480166, admitted pro hac vice) 

LIPSITZ GREENE SCHIME CAMBRIA LLP

42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120

Buffalo, New York 14202

Telephone: 716.849.1333

pcambria@lglaw.com

emccampbell@lglaw.com

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Scott Spear, et al., 

 

Defendants.

Case No. CR18-00422-PHX-DJH 

DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE REPLIES AND MOTION 

FOR EXENSION OF TIME TO FILE 

RULES 29 AND 33 REPLIES 

 

(Assigned to the Hon. Diane J. Humetewa)

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Defendants, by and through their attorneys undersigned, hereby submit their Motion for 

Leave to File Replies and Request for an Extension of Time to Reply to the Governments’ 

Response to the Defendants’ Motion for New Trial. The defendants further submit their motion 

to file replies to their Rule 29 Motions. Finally, the Defendants request that the time for their 

replies be extended to on or before January 16, 2024. 

Undersigned has consulted with the Government, who has no objection to the extension, 

but won’t oppose the defendants’ request for leave to file replies. Given the assertions made in 

the responses, replies to address such assertions are necessary. 

Therefore, it is respectfully requested that these replies be allowed, and that the time for 

filing such replies be extended to and including January 16, 2024. 

Defendant does not make this motion for reason of delay, but in the interest of justice. 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 27th day of December, 2023. 

FEDER LAW OFFICE, P.A. 

s/ Bruce Feder 

Bruce Feder 

Knapp Counsel for Scott Spear

KESSLER LAW GROUP 

s/ Eric Kessler 

Eric Kessler 

Attorneys for Scott Spear 

 

BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT, NESSIM 

DROOKS LINCENBERG RHOW, PC

s/ Gary Lincenberg 

Gary Lincenberg 

Attorneys for Jed Brunst 

LIPSITZ GREENE SCHIME CAMBRIA, LLP

s/ Paul Cambria 

Paul Cambria 

Attorneys for Michael Lacey 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on December 27, 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. 

Clerk of the Court 

United States District Court 

Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse 

401 W. Washington Street 

Phoenix, AZ 85003 

Efiling: https://ecf.azd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl

THE HONORABLE DIANE J. HUMETEWA 

United States District Court 

Email: Humetewa_chambers@azd.uscourts.gov 

Andrew Stone Andrew.Stone@usdoj.gov

Daniel Boyle Daniel.Boyle2@usdoj.gov

Peter Kozinets Peter.Kozinets@usdoj.gov

Joseph Bozdech Joseph.Bozdech@usdoj.gov

Margaret Perlmeter Margaret.Perlmeter@usdoj.gov

Kevin Rapp Kevin.Rapp@usdoj.gov

Austin Berry berry2.austin@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for United States of America 

By: /s/ M. Evans 

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