Motion to Continue Pretrial Motions Deadline and Pretrial Conference — USA v. Siampwizi (Dkt. 22, N.D. Ga.)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · No. 1:23-cr-00246-WMR-RDC · Doc. 22 · 2023-08-20 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
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Plaintiff, 
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No. 1:23-CR-246-WMR-RDC 
 
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AUSTIN M. SIAMPWIZI, 
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Defendant. 
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MOTION TO CONTINUE  
PRETRIAL MOTION DEADLINE AND PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 
Defendant Austin Siampwizi respectfully files this Motion to Continue the 
Pretrial Motion Deadline and the Pretrial Conference, currently scheduled for 
August 22 and 24, 2023, respectively, by sixty (60) days. In support, Defendant 
states as follows: 
1. A grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Georgia returned the 
indictment against the Defendant on July 25, 2022. (Dkt. 1.) Undersigned 
counsel was appointed under the Criminal Justice Act to represent the 
Defendant.  
2. At a bond hearing on August 11, 2023, undersigned counsel provided a 1TB 
hard drive to the government for the purpose of receiving discovery. As of 
the date of this Motion, discovery has not been produced. As a result, 
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undersigned counsel has not been able to review the discovery with her 
client to determine whether pretrial motions are required.  
3. The Defendant respectfully requests that the Court continue both the 
pretrial motion deadline and pretrial conference by sixty (60) days for his 
counsel to receive and review discovery to determine if any pretrial motions 
are appropriate. A Proposed Order is attached as Exhibit A.  
4. The Defendant further requests that any delay caused by the requested 
extension be excluded from Speedy Trial Act computations because there is 
good cause for the extension, a continuance is needed to allow reasonable 
time necessary for effective representations to prevent a miscarriage of 
justice, and the defendant’s interests in a speedy trial. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 
3161(h)(7)(B)(i) & (iv).  
WHEREFORE, for the above and foregoing reasons, the Defendant respectfully 
requests that the Court extend the pretrial motions and pretrial conference 
deadline by sixty (60) days. 
  
Respectfully submitted this 20th day of August, 2023.  
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By:/s/ 
Lynsey M. Barron  
 
 
 
Lynsey M. Barron,  
 
    Ga. Bar No. 661005 
 
BARRON LAW, LLC 
 
3014 Briarcliff Rd. 
       P.O. Box 29964 
 
Atlanta, Georgia 30359 
 
Telephone (404) 276-3261 
 
Email:  lynsey@barron.law 
 
 
Attorney for Austin M. Siampwizi 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I hereby certify that on the below date I electronically filed the foregoing 
Motion to Continue Pretrial Motion Deadline and Pretrial Conference with the 
Clerk of Court using CM/ECF system which will automatically send email 
notification of such filing to the to the following attorneys of record.   
 
This 20th day of August, 2023. 
/s/ Lynsey M. Barron  
 
By:  Lynsey M. Barron 
 
 Ga. Bar No. 661005 
 
Attorney for Austin M. Siampwizi 
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