ORDER as to Kisha Sutton (1), Shamiese Wright (2), and Damisha… — United States of America v. Sutton et al (Dkt. 167)

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Order, Document 167, filed 04/02/25 in Criminal Action No. 2:24-cr-00192, United States of America v. Kisha Sutton -01, Shamiese Wright -02 and Damisha Brown -06, Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division, three pages. It grants Kisha Sutton's Motion to Continue Trial and Pre-Trial Deadlines (Document 130), made on the ground that counsel requires additional time to review discovery, and finds that all Defendants should be joined for trial. Trial as to the three named Defendants is continued to June 9, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., with witness lists and proposed voir dire and jury instructions due no later than May 27, 2025. A pretrial motions hearing is scheduled for May 20, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., and the Court finds the time between April 14, 2025 and June 9, 2025 excludable under 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161(h)(6) and 3161(h)(7).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA 
 
 
 
CHARLESTON DIVISION 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:24-cr-00192 
 
KISHA SUTTON -01,  
SHAMIESE WRIGHT -02, 
DAMISHA BROWN -06, 
 
Defendants. 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
The Court has reviewed the Defendant’s Motion to Continue Trial and Pre-Trial Deadlines 
(Document 130) filed in this matter.  By arraignment order entered on February 7, 2025 
(Document 99), Defendant Shamiese Wright was scheduled for trial on April 14, 2025; by 
arraignment order entered on February 20, 2025 (Document 116), Defendant Kisha Sutton was, 
likewise, scheduled for trial on April 14, 2025; and by arraignment order (Document 137) entered 
on March 17, 2025, Defendant Damisha Brown was scheduled for trial on April 28, 2025.  The 
Court finds that all Defendants should be joined for trial. 
In the current motion, Defendant Kisha Sutton moves to continue the trial and related 
pretrial deadlines.  The motion is made on the grounds that counsel requires additional time to 
review discovery, for attorney-client consultation, and for determining whether the filing of 
pretrial motions will be necessary.  The requested delay is not attributable to lack of diligent 
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preparation or failure to obtain evidence or witnesses on the part of the United States, or to 
congestion of the Court’s calendar. 
WHEREFORE, finding that the interest of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial 
is outweighed by the ends of justice served by granting a continuance to allow for adequate 
preparation, the Court further finds that Defendant Kisha Sutton has set forth good cause for a 
continuance.   
The Court does hereby ORDER that the motion (Document 130) be GRANTED.  The 
trial of this matter as to Defendants Kisha Sutton, Shamiese Wright, and Damisha Brown, is 
CONTINUED to June 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., in Charleston, West Virginia.  Counsel should be 
prepared to select a jury on the preceding Friday if so ordered by the Court.  The Court 
ORDERS the deadline for filing superseding indictments, if any, shall be thirty days prior to the 
trial date and that the parties submit their respective witness lists and any proposed voir dire and 
jury instructions (which shall be numbered) no later than May 27, 2025. 
The Court further ORDERS that a pretrial motions hearing as to Defendants Kisha Sutton, 
Shamiese Wright, and Damisha Brown be SCHEDULED for May 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in 
Charleston, West Virginia, before the Honorable Omar J. Aboulhosn, and that any motions to be 
addressed at the pretrial motions hearing, as well as any motions in limine and motions to suppress, 
shall be filed no later than May 6, 2025.  Excluded from magistrate referral are motions in limine 
and motions to suppress.  Accordingly, any motions to extend the deadline for the filing of motions 
in limine or motions to suppress shall be submitted to and addressed by the undersigned.  
The Court ORDERS that the parties notify the Court of any proposed plea agreement in 
sufficient time such that a plea hearing may be scheduled by the Court no later than a week before 
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trial.  Furthermore, the parties are put on notice that, should a scheduled plea hearing not be 
completed, the Court will not consider the same to be good cause to support a continuance of the 
trial. 
The Court FINDS that the time between April 14, 2025, and June 9, 2025, is excludable 
from the computation of time within which trial must commence, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 
3161(h)(6) and 3161(h)(7).  Lastly, the Court has reviewed the Government’s [Motion] to 
Continue Trial [Date] and Case Related Deadlines (Document 157) and ORDERS that the same 
be TERMINATED as MOOT given the ruling contained herein. 
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a copy of this Order to Magistrate Judge 
Aboulhosn, to the Defendants and their respective counsel, to the United States Attorney, to the 
United States Probation Office, and to the Office of the United States Marshal. 
ENTER: 
April 2, 2025 
 
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