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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 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

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

(Doc. 107) The Court has approved the following schedule: 

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 

 

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 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. 

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 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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 2. Initial expert disclosures 12/14/2018 

 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 

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 

 

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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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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 09/23/2019 at 9:00 a.m. 

L. Trial 01/15/2020 at 9:00 a.m. 

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 at 1:30 p.m.

B. Second Status Conference 04/22/2019 at 1:30 p.m.

 The Court finds excludable delay under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)from 

6/6/18 to 1/15/20. 

 Dated this 1st day of May, 2018. 

Honorable Steven P. Logan

United States District Judge

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