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MOTION TO ACCELERATE HEARING

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., State Bar No. 135311

tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

Kenneth M. Miller, State Bar No. 151874

kmiller@bmkattorneys.com

John L. Littrell, State Bar No. 221601

jlittrell@bmkattorneys.com

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350

San Clemente, California 92673

Telephone (949) 369-3700

Facsimile (949) 369-3701

Attorneys for Defendant

James Larkin

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plaintiff

v.

MICHAEL LACEY, ET AL.

Defendants

Case No. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL (BSB)

MOTION TO ACCELERATE HEARING

Defendants James Larkin and Michael Lacey, through their undersigned counsel of 

record, hereby move for an accelerated hearing to take place on May 23, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

on their concurrently filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opposition to Motion to 

Disqualify Counsel. This motion is made on the grounds that, for the reasons explained in 

the Motion for Extension, defendants will be irreparably harmed if their request for more 

time is not heard until after the due date of their response. Further, there is a previously 

scheduled hearing in this case scheduled for that date and time. See Doc. 143.

Defendants do not expect that this motion will result in an excludable delay under 

18 U.S.C. § 3161(h).

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MOTION TO ACCELERATE HEARING

Dated: May 18, 2018 /s/ Kenneth M. Miller 

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

Attorneys for Defendant James Larkin

 /s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr. 

 LIPSITZ GREENE SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

 Attorneys for Defendant Michael Lacy

432032-1

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MOTION TO ACCELERATE HEARING

 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

Defendants James Larkin and Michael Lacey, through their undersigned counsel of 

record, hereby move for an accelerated hearing on May 23, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. on their 

concurrently filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opposition to Motion to 

Disqualify Counsel. That motion seeks to extend their deadline to respond to the 

government’s disqualification motion to June 6, 2018 from their current deadline of May 

23, 2018. This motion is made on the grounds that defendants will be irreparably harmed 

if their request for more time is not heard until after the current deadline for their response 

to the disqualification motion (because the deadline will have passed before the motion 

for extension will have been heard). Further, there is a previously scheduled hearing in 

this case on that date and time. See Doc. 143.

Dated: May 18, 2018 /s/ Kenneth M. Miller 

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

Attorneys for Defendant James Larkin

 /s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr. 

 LIPSITZ GREENE SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

 Attorneys for Defendant Michael Lacy

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PROOF OF SERVICE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Toni Lindemann, declare, 

That I am a citizen of the United States and am a resident or employed in Orange 

County, California; that my business address is 903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350, San 

Clemente, California 92673; that I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the aboveentitled action. 

That I am employed by a member of the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California and at whose direction I caused service of: MOTION 

TO ACCELERATE HEARING on the interested parties as follows:

X BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: by electronically filing the foregoing 

with the Clerk of the District Court using its ECF System pursuant to the Electronic Case 

Filing provision of the United States District Court General Order and the EGovernment Act of 2002, which electronically notifies said parties in this case: 

SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 

 BY MAIL - I deposited such envelope in the mail at San Clemente, California. The 

envelope was mailed with postage thereon fully prepaid. I am “readily familiar” with 

the firm's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. Under that 

practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with 

postage thereon fully prepaid at San Clemente, California in the ordinary course of 

business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if 

postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one (1) day after date of 

deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

This certificate was executed on May 18, 2018, at San Clemente, California. I 

certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

/s/ Toni Lindeman

Toni Lindemann

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COUNSEL REPRESENTING

Anne M. Chapman

Mitchell Stein & Carey PC

1 Renaissance Sq. 

2 N Central Ave., Ste. 1900 

Phoenix, AZ 85004 

Email: anne@mscclaw.com

Michael Lacey, Scott Spear, John Brunst, Dan 

Hyer, Andrew Padilla, Joye Vaught 

Lee Stein

Mitchell Stein & Carey PC

1 Renaissance Sq. 

2 N Central Ave., Ste. 1900 

Phoenix, AZ 85004 

lee@mscclaw.com

Michael Lacey, Scott Spear, John Brunst, Dan 

Hyer, Andrew Padilla, Joye Vaught 

Larry Debus

Debus Kazan & Westerhausen Limited

335 E Palm Ln. 

Phoenix, AZ 85004-1532 

lld@dkwlawyers.com

Michael Lacey

Larry Kazan

Debus Kazan & Westerhausen Limited

335 E Palm Ln. 

Phoenix, AZ 85004-1532 

lik@dkwlawyers.com

Michael Lacey

Gregory M. Zamora

Debus Kazan & Westerhausen Limited

335 E Palm Ln. 

Phoenix, AZ 85004-1532 

gmz@dkwlawyers.com

Michael Lacey

James C. Grant

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1201 3rd Ave., Ste. 2200 

Seattle, WA 98101-3045 

jimgrant@dwt.com

Michael Lacey

Robert Corn-Revere

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 800 

Washington, DC 20006 

bobcornrevere@dwt.com

Michael Lacey

Ronald G. London

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 800 

Washington, DC 20006 

ronnielondon@dwt.com

Michael Lacey

USA v. Lacey, et al.

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Paul J. Cambria, Jr.

Liptsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP

42 Delaware Ave., Ste. 120 

Buffalo, NY 14202 

pcambria@lglaw.com

Michael Lacey

Janey Henze Cook

Henze Cook Murphy PLLC 

4645 N 32nd St., Ste. 150 

Phoenix, AZ 85018 

janey@henzecookmurphy.com

Michael Lacey

Bruce Feder

Feder Law Office PA

2930 E Camelback Rd., Ste. 160 

Phoenix, AZ 85016 

bf@federlawpa.com

Scott Spear

Michael D. Kimerer

Kimerer & Derrick PC

1313 E Osborn Rd., Ste. 100 

Phoenix, AZ 85014 

mdk@kimerer.com

John Brunst

Rhonda E. Neff

Kimerer & Derrick PC

1313 E Osborn Rd., Ste. 100 

Phoenix, AZ 85014 

rneff@kimerer.com

John Brunst

Gary S. Lincenberg

Bird Marella

1875 Century Park E # 23, Los Angeles, CA 

90067 

glincenberg@birdmarella.com

John Brunst

Ariel A. Neuman

Bird Marella

1875 Century Park E # 23, Los Angeles, CA 

90067 

aneuman@birdmarella.com

John Brunst

Gopi Panchapakesan

Bird Marella

1875 Century Park E # 23, Los Angeles, CA 

90067 

gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com

John Brunst

KC Maxwell

Browne George Ross LLP

101 California St., Ste. 1225 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

kmaxwell@bgrfirm.com

Dan Hyer

USA v. Lacey, et al.

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David Wakukawa

Browne George Ross LLP

101 California St., Ste. 1225 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

dwakukawa@bgrfirm.com

Dan Hyer

Michael L. Piccarreta

Piccarreta Davis Keenan Fidel PC

2 E Congress St., Ste. 1000 

Tucson, AZ 85701 

mlp@pd-law.com

Andrew Padilla

Jefferson Keenan

Piccarreta Davis Keenan Fidel PC

2 E Congress St., Ste. 1000 

Tucson, AZ 85701 

jlk@pd-law.com

Andrew Padilla

Stephen M. Weiss

Karp & Weiss PC

3060 N Swan Rd. 

Tucson, AZ 85712 

sweiss@karpweiss.com

Joye Vaught

Dominic Lanza

US Attorneys Office

40 N Central Ave, Ste 1800 

Phoenix, AZ 85004 

dominic.lanza@usdoj.gov

USA

John Jacob Kucera

US Attorneys Office - Los Angeles, CA 

312 N Spring St., Ste. 1200 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

john.kucera@usdoj.gov

USA

Kevin M. Rapp

US Attorneys Office - Phoenix, AZ 

2 Renaissance Square 

40 N Central Ave., Ste. 1800 

Phoenix, AZ 85004-4408 

kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov

USA

Margaret Wu Perlmeter

US Attorneys Office - Phoenix, AZ 

2 Renaissance Square 

40 N Central Ave., Ste. 1800 

Phoenix, AZ 85004-4408 

margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov

USA

Reginald E. Jones

US Dept of Justice - Child Exploitation & 

Obscenity Section

USA

USA v. Lacey, et al. 

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1400 New York Ave. NW, Ste. 600 

Washington, DC 20530 

reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov

USA v. Lacey, et al.

USDC - Arizona Case No. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL (BSB) 

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