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ELIZABETH A. STRANGE 

First Assistant United States Attorney 

District of Arizona 

KEVIN M. RAPP (Ariz. Bar No. 14249, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov) DOMINIC LANZA (Cal. Bar No. 225989, dominic.lanza@usdoj.gov) MARGARET PERLMETER (Ariz. Bar No. 024805, margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov) Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1800 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 

Telephone (602) 514-7500 

JOHN J. KUCERA (Cal. Bar No. 274184, john.kucera@usdoj.gov) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1200 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

Telephone (213) 894-3391 

JOHN P. CRONAN 

Acting Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

REGINALD E. JONES (Miss. Bar No. 102806, reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov) Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section 

950 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Room 2116 

Washington, D.C. 20530 

Telephone (202) 616-2807 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 Defendants. 

CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL (BSB) 

NOTICE OF FILING OF PARTIES’ 

PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER 

The Court has granted the Government’s Motion to Designate the Case Complex. 

(Doc. 107) The Court has further ordered the parties to submit a case management schedule 

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by April 26, 2018. Id. Accordingly, the parties, through counsel undersigned, submit the 

following proposed scheduling order for the Court’s consideration. 

I. DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE DEADLINES 

 A. Superseding Indictment Deadline1

 07/30/2018 

B. Government’s Deadlines 

 1. Initial Compliance with Rule 16 discovery2

 (except initial expert disclosures) 12/03/2018 

 2. Initial expert disclosures 12/14/2019 

 3. Rule 404(b) notification, if any 02/04/2019 

 4. Rebuttal expert disclosures, if any 06/17/2019 

 5. Production of Jencks material and witness 

 impeachment material, if not produced sooner3

 02/25/2019 

C. Defendant’s Deadlines 

 1. Close of reciprocal Rule 16 discovery 03/04/2019 

 2. Rebuttal and/or initial expert disclosures, 03/14/2019 

 if any 

 3. Production of Rule 26.2 material as to 

 intended witnesses, if any 05/27/2019 

 

1

 Defendants reserve the right to request modification of this scheduling order depending on the contents of the superseding indictment or if any of the current attorneys are disqualified. 

2

 The United States represents that it intends to provide the majority of the discovery within 60 days from the courts’ issuance order. This deadline pertains to discovery within the government’s possession and control as of the date set for compliance. If additional records are discovered by, or disclosed to, the government during pretrial preparation or otherwise, pursuant to Rule 16(c), Fed. R. Crim. P., the government shall promptly disclose any additional documentary evidence or materials to the defense as soon as practicable after such disclosure or discovery occurs. 

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 If the government obtains any additional written Jencks material after this date, 

this Jencks material shall be produced promptly to the defense as soon as practicable. 

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II. FILING AND OTHER COURT DEADLINES A. Government Disclosure of Preliminary Exhibit and Witness List 04/01/2019 

B. Defense Disclosure of Preliminary Exhibit 

 and Witness List 07/01/2019 

C. Substantive Motions Deadline 07/15/2019 

D. Government’s Rebuttal Exhibit and Witness List 07/15/2019 

E. Motions in Limine and Court Imposed Plea Offer Expiration Deadline 08/05/2019 

F. Jury Questionnaire and Screening for Length of Trial 08/13/2019 

 G. Responses to Motions in Limine 08/19/2019 

H. Government’s Disclosure of Final Exhibit and 

Witness List 09/07/2019 

I. Defendant’s Final Exhibit and Witness List 09/16/2019 J. Joint Voir Dire, Joint Statement of the Case, 

Joint Proposed Jury Instructions, Joint Proposed Verdict Form 09/09/2019 

 K. Final Pretrial Conference 09/16/2019 

L. Trial 10/07/20194

 

III. STATUS CONFERENCES 

The parties will file a joint memorandum detailing the status of the case no less 

than three days prior to the scheduled status conference. 

A. First Status Conference 10/22/2018

B. Second Status Conference 04/22/2019

 

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 The Defendants believe a more reasonable date would be January 15, 2020. If the 

Court agrees with this alternative date the deadlines could in the Court’s discretion be 

moved 30 days. 

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Respectfully submitted this 26th day of April, 2018. 

 ELIZABETH A. STRANGE 

 First Assistant United States Attorney 

 District of Arizona 

 JOHN P. CRONAN 

 Acting Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

 /s Kevin Rapp__________________________ KEVIN M. RAPP 

 DOMINIC LANZA 

 MARGARET PERLMETER 

 Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

 

 JOHN J. KUCERA 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 REGINALD E. JONES 

 Senior Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division 

 Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section 

Certificate of Service: 

 I hereby certify that on this date, 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 following CM/ECF registrants: Paul Cambria, James Grant, Robert 

Corn-Revere, Ronald London, Bruce Feder, Michael Kimerer, KC Maxwell, Michael 

Piccarreta, Stephen Weiss. 

s/Sally Hawley 

U.S. Attorney’s Office 

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