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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)

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

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

MOTION TO APPEAR 

TELEPHONICALLY 

On August 30, 2018 oral argument on CRs 282, 285 and 326 case was scheduled 

for a October 4, 2018. (See CR 29) On September 27, 2018 the court re-scheduled the 

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hearing to October 5, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. (See CR 325) As the court is aware, this case 

involves six defendants and numerous attorneys (nearly 30). Unfortunately, the October 5th

hearing conflicts with the schedules of AUSAs Rapp, Jones and Kucera. All are scheduled 

to be out of state on that date. For this reason AUSAs Rapp and Jones will not argue any 

of the pending motions on behalf of the United States. 

On September 27, 2018, the court issued an order that all pending motions will be 

addressed on October 5, 2018. (See CR 325) This includes a motion for Application for 

Forfeiture and the Response and Reply. (See CRs 282, 285 and 326.) This motion will be 

argued by AUSA John Kucera (Forfeiture Section, USAO CDCA). Accordingly, the 

United States requests that the three above named AUSAs be allowed to appear

telephonically. 

Respectfully submitted this 1st day of October, 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 M. Rapp KEVIN M. RAPP

MARGARET PERLMETER

PETER S. KOZINETS

ANDREW C. STONE

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

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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. 

I hereby certify that on this same date, I served the attached document by Electronic mail, 

on the following, who may or may not be registered participants of the CM/ECF System:

Anne Chapman, Erin McCampbell, Gregory Zamora, James Grant, Larry Debus, Lawrence 

Kazan, Lee Stein, Paul Cambria, Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald London, Janey Henze Cook, 

John Littrell, Kenneth Miller, Thomas Bienart, Jr., Bruce Feder, Michael Kimerer, Rhonda 

Neff, KC Maxwell, David Wakukawa, Michael Piccarreta, Stephen Weiss. 

s/ Mary Simeonoff US Attorney’s Office

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