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MICHAEL BAILEY

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

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

BRIAN BENCZKOWSKI 

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, 

v. 

Michael Lacey, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CR-18-422-PHX-SMB

UNITED STATES’ UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE 

FOR RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

INDICTMENT (Doc. 561)

(Third Request)

On May 23, 2019, the government received an email from attorney Jessica Ring

Amunson, who informed the government that she represents the DKT Liberty Project, the 

Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. She copied attorney Dan Barr, who represents 

ACLU of Arizona. The email requested the government’s consent for their respective 

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clients to file motions for leave to file amici briefs in support of Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss Indictment (Doc. 561). The government indicated it does not oppose their request. 

Ms. Amunson represented that the proposed amici would file their motions for leave on 

May 28, 2019, that ACLU of Arizona expects its brief to be approximately five to ten 

pages, and that the DKT Liberty Project, the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation 

expect their brief to be no longer than 17 pages. 

Given the proposed amici’s intent to submit two additional briefs in support of 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, and to allow the government adequate time to incorporate 

any response to the amici briefs into its response to the Motion to Dismiss, the government 

files this unopposed motion requesting an additional two-week extension to file its 

response. Currently, the government’s response to the Motion to Dismiss is due on May 

29, 2019. The additional two weeks will make the new deadline June 12, 2019. Defendants 

do not oppose this request, and the government will not oppose a corresponding extension 

for Defendants’ reply. 

In addition, because the government has not yet reviewed the amici briefs, it does 

not know if it will require additional pages to respond to the two briefs. Accordingly, the 

government may move for leave to file a response that is longer than 45 pages, if necessary, 

but will do so only after it reviews the amici filings.

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

an order based thereon.

Respectfully submitted this 24th day of May, 2019.

MICHAEL BAILEY

United States Attorney

District of Arizona

s/ Andrew C. Stone

KEVIN M. RAPP

MARGARET PERLMETER

PETER S. KOZINETS

ANDREW C. STONE

Assistant U.S. Attorneys

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JOHN J. KUCERA

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

BRIAN BENCZKOWSKI 

Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

REGINALD E. JONES

Senior Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division

Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

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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 J. Cambria Jr. Esq. and Erin e. McCambpell, Esq., Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, LLC, 42 Deleware Ave, Suite 120, Buffalo, NY 14202, pcambria@lglaw.com and

emccampbell@lglaw.com, Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., Esq., Anthony R. Bisconti, Esq., Kenneth M. Miller, Esq., and Whitney Bernstein, Esq., Bienart, Miller & Katzman, PLC, 903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350, San Clemente, CA 92673, tbienert@bmkattorneys.com, tbisconti@bmkattorneys.com, kmiller@bmkattorneys.com, wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com; Mike Piccarreta, Esq., Piccarreta Davis Keenan Fidel, 

PC, 2 East Congress Street, Suite 1000, Tucson, AZ 85701, mlp@pd-law.com; Jim Grant 

Esq., Davis Wright Termaine, LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle, WA 98101, 

jimgrant@dwt.com; Michael D. Kimerer, Esq. and Rhonda Elaine Neff, Esq., 1313 E. Osborn Road, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85014, MDK@kimerer.com and

rneff@kimerer.com; Robert Corn-Revere Esq., Davis Wright Termaine, LLP, 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C., 20006, 

bobcornrevere@dwt.com; Bruce Feder, Esq., 2930 East Camelback Road, Suite 160, Phoenix, AZ 85016, bf@federlawpa.com; Gary Linenberg, Esq., Ariel Neuman, Esq., Gopi K. Panchapakesan, Esq., Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg 

& Rhow, P.C., 1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067, glincenberg@birdmarella.com, aan@birdmarella.com, gkp@birdmarella.com.

s/ Angela Schuetta

Angela Schuetta

U.S. Attorney’s Office

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