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GARY M. RESTAINO

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

DAN G. BOYLE (N.Y. Bar No. 5216825, daniel.boyle2@usdoj.gov) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Telephone (213) 894-2426

NICOLE M. ARGENTIERI

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

AUSTIN M. BERRY (Texas Bar No. 24062615, austin.berry2@usdoj.gov) U.S. Department of Justice

Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

1301 New York Avenue, NW, 11th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20005

Telephone (202) 412-4136

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 

STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE OPPOSITION DEADLINE 

TO MOTION TO ENFORCE 

ABATEMENT OF PROSECUTION

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On October 13, 2023, the estate of former defendant James Larkin (the “Estate”) 

filed a Motion to Enforce Abatement of Prosecution (the “Motion”). The United States’

Opposition to the Motion is presently due on October 27, 2023. 

Counsel for the United States and the Estate are presently engaged in discussions 

regarding the substance of the Motion, which counsel believe may moot some or all the 

relief requested. Accordingly, the United States and the Estate hereby stipulate and request 

that the Court sign the accompanying Proposed Order continuing the United States’ 

deadline to file an Opposition to the Motion from October 27, 2023 to Monday, November 

6, 2023.

Dated: October 27, 2023 GARY M. RESTAINO

United States Attorney

District of Arizona

NICOLE M. ARGENTIERI

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

/s/ Dan G. Boyle KEVIN M. RAPP

MARGARET PERLMETER

PETER KOZINETS

ANDREW STONE

DANIEL BOYLE

Assistant U.S. Attorneys

 

AUSTIN M. BERRY

Trial Attorney

Dated: October 27, 2023

/s/ (e-mail authorization 10-26-2023) 

Timothy J. Eckstein, ESQ.

Joseph N. Roth, ESQ.

Sarah P. Lawson, ESQ.

Attorneys for the Estate of 

JAMES LARKIN

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 27, 2023, 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 CM/ECF registrants who have entered their appearance 

as counsel of record.

s/ Daniel Parke 

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