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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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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California |
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| Filed | 2020-12-21 |
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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312 N. Spring St. | Los Angeles, California 90012
T: 213.894.6683 | MXOLDQODQGUH#XVGRMJRY
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