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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`TAMIKA R. CROSS and RONNIE E. CROSS,
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`8:21CR253
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`ORDER
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`8:21-cr-00253-RFR-SMB Doc # 20 Filed: 09/30/21 Page 1 of 2 - Page ID # 64
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
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`Defendant.
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`This matter is before the court on the request of the government made at the Initial
`Appearance on September 30, 2021 to declare this case as complex and to adjust the discovery and
`pretrial motions deadline. The defendant agreed to the request. The court finds from the
`representations by counsel for the parties that this case is so unusual and so complex due to the
`nature of the prosecution, the existence of novel questions of fact and law, and the amount of
`discovery, it would be unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for
`the trial within the time limits established by the Speedy Trial Act. See 18 U.S.C. §
`3161(h)(7)(B)(ii).
`IT IS ORDERED:
`1. The government shall provide Rule 16 discovery no later than October 29, 2021. A
`Status Conference is set for 11/30/2021 at 10:00 a.m. by telephone before Magistrate Judge Susan
`M. Bazis to set further progression deadlines. Counsel will follow the call-in instructions sent to
`them by e-mail.
`2. The ends of justice have been served by granting such request and outweigh the interests
`of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial. The additional time arising as a result of the
`granting of the motion, i.e., from today’s date through November 30, 2021, shall be deemed
`excludable time in any computation of time under the requirement of the Speedy Trial Act for the
`reason counsel require additional time to adequately prepare the case, taking into consideration
`due diligence of counsel, and the novelty and complexity of this case. The failure to grant
`additional time might result in a miscarriage of justice. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) & (B).
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`Dated this 30th day of September, 2021.
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`BY THE COURT:
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`s/ Susan M. Bazis
`United States Magistrate Judge
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