Case 2:18-cr-00422-DJH Document 1662 Filed 08/02/23 Page 1 of 3
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`GARY M. RESTAINO
`United States Attorney
`District of Arizona
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`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
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`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
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`KENNETH POLITE
`Assistant Attorney General
`Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
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`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
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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`CR-18-422-PHX-DJH
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`UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE TO
`DEFENDANTS’ EMERGENCY
`MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL
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`United States of America,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Michael Lacey, et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case 2:18-cr-00422-DJH Document 1662 Filed 08/02/23 Page 2 of 3
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`The United States is prepared to go forward with trial as planned on August 8, 2023.
`The United States objects to any continuance that would result in a different venire panel.
`Undersigned counsel are sympathetic to the remaining individuals involved in this matter
`given the news of Mr. Larkin. Indeed, on August 1, 2023, undersigned counsel represented
`as much on a conference call with defense counsel, and noted that we could conceive a
`continuance of two to three weeks, but only to the extent that it would allow the current
`venire panel to be utilized so that all the work by the prospective jurors, the Clerk’s Office,
`the Court, and the parties and their counsel could be salvaged.
`The United States believes that a short continuance of no more than two or three
`weeks would allow the same venire panel to be maintained, give the parties and their
`counsel time to grieve, and still vindicate the public and the victims’ rights to a speedy
`trial. See Crime Victims’ Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(7) (“a crime victim has . . .The
`right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay.”). Indeed, the United States has
`contacted several of the victims, as is our statutory obligation, and each victim has
`expressed frustration at the idea of yet another delay. A continuance of just a couple of
`weeks would still result in the trial ending before Thanksgiving, whereas a continuance of
`two months would require the trial to cross the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s
`holidays such that maintaining the current venire panel would be essentially impossible.
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`that this Court deny
`Defendants’ motion for a two-month continuance.
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`Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of August, 2023.
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`GARY M. RESTAINO
`United States Attorney
`District of Arizona
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`KENNETH POLITE
`Assistant Attorney General
`Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
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`AUSTIN M. BERRY
`Trial Attorney
`KEVIN M. RAPP
`MARGARET PERLMETER
`PETER KOZINETS
`ANDREW STONE
`DANIEL BOYLE
`Assistant U.S. Attorneys
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`I hereby certify that on August 2, 2023, I electronically transmitted the attached
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`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.
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`s/ Austin M. Berry
`Austin M. Berry
`Trial Attorney
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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