Unopposed MOTION to Continue Arraignment by USA as to Cindi Ellis… — USA v. CINDI DENTON - Cindi Ellis Denton (Dkt. 12)

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Document 12, filed 05/12/21, in Case No. 21-6149-MJ-HUNT in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is a three-page unopposed motion by the United States to extend the arraignment of Cindi Ellis Denton by thirty days. The complaint charges wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit both, and arraignment is set for May 21, 2021. The government says the parties are working toward a resolution and expect to reach one within thirty days, describing the case as a $35 million conspiracy involving more than 30 participants. It also cites the Chief Judge's administrative order continuing jury trials to July 6, 2021 and excluding time under the Speedy Trial Act. Defense counsel does not oppose.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
CASE NO.: 21-6149-MJ-HUNT 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 
 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
CINDI ELLIS DENTON, 
 
 
Defendant. 
_________________________________/ 
 
UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF ARRAIGNMENT 
 
The United States of America, through the undersigned Assistant United 
States Attorney, respectfully moves the Court for entry of an order extending the date 
of arraignment by thirty (30) days and in further support states: 
 
1. 
The Defendant in this matter is charged in a complaint with wire fraud, 
bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud (D.E. 1).   
 
2. 
The matter is set for an arraignment on May 21, 2021. (D.E. 11).  The 
Parties are currently working on a resolution of this case, but respectfully request an 
extension of the arraignment date by thirty (30) days.  
 
3. 
On April 6, 2021, Chief Judge K. Michael Moore issued an 
administrative order concerning the global COVID-19 pandemic.  (See 9th Order 
Concerning Jury Trials available at:  
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https://web.flsd.uscourts.gov/uploads/adminOrders/2021/2021-33.pdf). 
This 
Administrative Order continued all jury trials in the Southern District of Florida to 
July 6, 2021, and continued all trial related deadlines.  (Id. at ¶¶ 6–7).   
 
4.  
The Administrative Order continued these deadlines in accordance with 
the Speedy Trial Act (18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)) and excluded all time from March 30, 
2020 until July 6, 2021, finding that the “ends of justice [are] served by taking that 
action outweigh the interests of the parties and the public in a speedy trial.” (Id. at 
¶ 10). 
 
5. 
The Parties are diligently working to resolve this matter and expect to 
do so within the next thirty days.  This case stems from an investigation into a $35 
million conspiracy involving more than 30 participants and is being investigated by 
both the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and the 
Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.  Accordingly, a resolution has required 
input from multiple offices and attorneys, and a review of a significant amount of 
data and evidence. 
6. 
The United States has conferred with counsel for the Defense.  Counsel 
for the Defense does not oppose this request.   
 
 
 
 
 
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Dated: May 12, 2021 
 
 
Respectfully Submitted, 
JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ 
ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
By:/s/ Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman             
Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman  
Florida Bar No. 091792 
Assistant United States Attorney 
99 Northeast 4th Street 
Miami, Florida 33132-2111 
Tel: (305) 961-9168 
Lindsey.Friedman@usdoj.gov 
 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
 
 
I HEREBY certify that on May 12, 2021, I electronically filed the foregoing 
document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF.  I also certify that the foregoing 
document is being served this day on all counsel of record in the manner specified, 
either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF. 
 
By: s/Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman 
Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman 
Assistant United States Attorney 
     
 
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