Reported / Citable
Background
The court considered an unopposed motion to continue the criminal proceedings against Zheng Miranda Zhou and Kun Bruce Lin. The order does not identify who filed the motion.
The court concluded that additional time was necessary for reasonable trial preparation and that denying a continuance would result in a miscarriage of justice.
The Court’s Holding
The court granted the unopposed motion for a continuance. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and (B), it found that the ends of justice served by the continuance outweighed the public’s and the defendants’ interests in a speedy trial.
The court ordered the period beginning October 21, 2026, excluded from the speedy-trial calculation through the commencement of trial or disposition of the charges. It set a December 21, 2026 deadline for pretrial motions, listed January 11, 2026 as the response deadline, scheduled a pretrial conference for January 28, 2027, and set trial for February 1, 2027.
Key Takeaways
- The court granted the unopposed continuance based on an ends-of-justice finding.
- The excluded period runs from October 21, 2026 until trial begins or the charges are otherwise disposed of.
- The order states that the continuance is necessary to permit reasonable trial preparation and avoid a miscarriage of justice.
Why It Matters
The order pauses the Speedy Trial Act clock while the case proceeds toward the newly scheduled trial date. Its express findings supply the statutory basis for treating the continuance period as excludable delay.