Opinion ID: 626380
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Heading: Denial of Adjournment Request

Text: The decision whether to grant an adjournment or a continuance is a matter “traditionally within the discretion of the trial judge.” United States v. O’Connor, 650 F.3d 839, 854 (2d Cir. 2011) (internal quotation marks omitted). We review an order denying a continuance for abuse of discretion, and “will find no such abuse unless the denial was an arbitrary action that substantially impaired the defense.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). “The burden of showing such an impairment is on the party complaining of the lack of a sufficient continuance.” Id. Here, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Morrow’s second request to adjourn the trial date.