USA v. Auguste

Filing 16

Judge Denise J. Casper: ORDER entered. Order of Continuance and Excludable Delay from 2/26/2021 to 5/7/2021.(Currie, Haley)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CARL AUGUSTE,
Defendant

M.B.D. Case No. 20-MC-91399

ORDER OF CONTINUANCE AND EXCLUDABLE DELAY
Apr. 1
March ______ , 2021

Upon consideration of the government’s motion seeking an order of continuance and
excludable delay, the Court finds as follows:
1.

The defendant was charged by complaint in United States v. Carl Auguste, 20-mj-

6193-MPK. The parties are engaged in preliminary discussions regarding the possible resolution
of this matter that might result in an agreed disposition and obviate the need for an indictment.
These discussions have been, to an extent, dependent on an evaluation of the defendant by a third
party. The progress of that evaluation had, until sometime before the last request for extension,
been hampered by factors related to the ongoing public health crisis. The evaluation, which is
critical to the parties’ ability to determine whether a pre-indictment resolution is possible, has now
been provided to the government. The date on which an indictment or information must be filed
was previously extended as part of an omnibus order related to the lack of grand juries seated in
the district, which applied to several similarly-situated defendants (MBD Case No. 20-91142), and
on two other occasions for the reasons stated herein. Grand jury proceedings have resumed, albeit
with some continued limited availability. The government indicates that it does not expect to
request further extension of the time within which it may indict or file an information.

2.

Such an agreement, in conjunction with a pre-indictment plea, may work to the

defendant’s benefit or assist the government’s ongoing investigation.
3.

Accordingly, the Court hereby grants the government’s motion and ORDERS that,

pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§3161(h)(7)(A), and Sections 5(b)(7)(B) and 5(c)(1)(A)
of the Plan for Prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases, (1) the date on which an indictment or
information must be filed is continued to May 7, 2021; and (2) the period from February 26, 2021
through and including May 7, 2021 is excluded from the speedy trial clock and from the time within
which an indictment or information must be filed.
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HONORABLE DENISE J. CASPER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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