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Response in Support of Request for Leave to File Reply Brief — USA v. Ayvazyan et al. (Dkt. 102, C.D. Cal.)

Filed December 21, 2020 in USA v. Ayvazyan et al.; one of 233 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Filed2020-12-21

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · No. 2:20-cr-00579-SVW · Doc. 102 · 2020-12-21 · Docket on CourtListener

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NICOLA T. HANNA 
United States Attorney 
BRANDON D. FOX 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Chief, Criminal Division 
JULIAN L. ANDRÉ (Cal. Bar No. 251120) 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Major Frauds Section 
1100 United States Courthouse 
312 North Spring Street 
Los Angeles, California 90012 
Telephone: (213) 894-6683 
Facsimile: (213) 894-6269 
E-mail: 
Julian.L.Andre@usdoj.gov 
DANIEL A. KAHN 
Acting Chief, Fraud Section 
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 
CHRISTOPHER FENTON 
Trial Attorney, Fraud Section 
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 
1400 New York Avenue NW, 3rd Floor 
Washington, DC 20530 
Telephone: (202) 302-0539 
Facsimile: (202) 514-0152 
E-mail: 
Christopher.Fenton@usdoj.gov 
Attorneys for Plaintiff 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff,
v.
RICHARD AYVAZYAN, 
aka “Richard Avazian” and 
    “Iuliia Zhadko,” 
MARIETTA TERABELIAN, 
  aka “Marietta Abelian” and
      “Viktoria Kauichko,” 
ARTUR AYVAZYAN, 
aka “Arthur Ayvazyan,” and 
TAMARA DADYAN, 
Defendants.
 No. CR 20-579-SVW 
RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT RICHARD 
AYVAZYAN’S OPPOSITION TO THE 
GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO 
FILE A REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF 
ITS EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR 
(1) CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL DATE AND 
(2) FINDINGS OF EXCLUDABLE TIME 
PURSUANT TO THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT 
 
  
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The government has sought leave to file a reply brief in support 
of its ex parte application for an order continuing the trial date 
and excludable time findings under the Speedy Trial Act.  (CR 99.)
Defendant RICHARD AYVAZYAN’s (“R. AYVAZYAN”) opposition to the 
government’s request (CR 100) is misleading and fails to disclose 
critical information to this Court.
On December 16, 2020, counsel for defendant R. AVYAYZAN sent an 
email to the government stating that defendant R. AYVAYZAN would be 
filing his own ex parte application requesting that the Court impose 
a December 22, 2020, discovery cut-off.  (Ex. A.)  Counsel for 
defendant R. AYVAZYAN stated that this request was “separate and 
apart from any trial continuance” and sought the government’s 
position regarding a briefing schedule for defendant’s forthcoming ex 
parte application.  (Ex. A.)  Because counsel defendant R. AYVAZYAN 
had informed the government that it would be raising his request for 
a discovery cut-off deadline in a separate filing (Ex. A), the 
government did not address defendant’s request for a discovery cut-
off deadline in its ex parte application to continue the trial date, 
which the government filed the next day on December 17, 2020 (CR 94).
But after the government filed its ex parte application, counsel for 
defendant R. AYVAZYAN apparently changed its mind and did not file 
its own ex parte application as counsel had previously represented.
Instead, defendant R. AYVAZYAN requested that the Court impose a 
discovery cut-off deadline in its opposition to the government’s 
request to continue the trial date.  (CR 96 at 6-11.)
Defendant R. AYVAYZAN now argues that the government should be 
denied an opportunity to respond to defendant’s request for a 
discovery cut-off because the “government chose not to address that 
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topic” in its initial ex parte application.  This claim is 
misleading.  The government did not affirmatively address a discovery 
cut-off in its own ex parte application because counsel for defendant 
R. AYVAZYAN had explicitly stated that defendant R. AYVAZYAN would be
filing a separate application with the Court seeking that relief.
Defendant R. AYVAZYAN’s failure to specifically address these facts 
and its prior December 16, 2020, email in his opposition to the 
government’s request for leave is inappropriate.  And it is not 
enough for defense counsel to have merely cited in passing the prior 
correspondence, with no explanation of the correspondence’s content 
or significance, as he now claims (Ex. C).
In light of the foregoing, on December 21, 2020, the government 
requested that counsel for defendant R. AYVAZYAN immediately withdraw 
or correct its opposition to the government’s request for leave.
(Ex. B.)  Counsel for defendant R. AYVAZYAN’s response is attached 
hereto as Exhibit C.
The purpose of the government’s reply brief is to respond to 
arguments defendant R. AYVAZYAN raised for the first time in his 
opposition, and to provide the Court with the information necessary
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to reach a determination.  Accordingly, the government respectfully 
requests that the Court grant the government’s request for leave to 
file its reply.
Dated: December 21, 2020 
Respectfully submitted, 
NICOLA T. HANNA 
United States Attorney 
BRANDON D. FOX 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Chief, Criminal Division 
      /s/ 
 
JULIAN L. ANDRÉ 
Assistant United States Attorney 
CHRISTOPHER FENTON 
Department of Justice Trial Attorney 
Attorneys for Plaintiff 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
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Julian L. André
Assistant United States Attorney 
Major Frauds Section
United States Courthouse, Suite 1100 
312 N. Spring St. | Los Angeles, California 90012
T: 213.894.6683 | MXOLDQODQGUH#XVGRMJRY

Case 2:20-cr-00579-SVW     Document 102     Filed 12/21/20     Page 8 of 13   Page ID
#:692

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Assistant United States Attorney 
Major Frauds Section
United States Courthouse, Suite 1100 
312 N. Spring St. | Los Angeles, California 90012
T: 213.894.6683 | MXOLDQODQGUH#XVGRMJRY

Case 2:20-cr-00579-SVW     Document 102     Filed 12/21/20     Page 10 of 13   Page ID
#:694

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Julian L. André
Assistant United States Attorney 
Major Frauds Section
United States Courthouse, Suite 1100 
312 N. Spring St. | Los Angeles, California 90012
T: 213.894.6683 | MXOLDQODQGUH#XVGRMJRY

Case 2:20-cr-00579-SVW     Document 102     Filed 12/21/20     Page 13 of 13   Page ID
#:697

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