ORDER TO CONTINUE - Ends of Justice as to Eric Dean Sheppard Time excluded from 07/20/2023… — USA v. SHEPPARD (Dkt. 50)

Record facts

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB · Doc. 50 · 2023-07-20 · Docket on CourtListener

Summary

An order in United States v. Eric Dean Sheppard, No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, signed July 20, 2023 and entered on the docket July 21, 2023 as Document 50. The order grants the defendant's unopposed motion to continue trial, ECF No. [49], finding that the interests of justice served by a continuance outweigh the interest in a speedy trial. It excludes the delay from July 20, 2023, when the motion was filed, until trial commences under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161. The case is set for a criminal jury trial in Miami during the two-week period commencing September 26, 2023, with a calendar call on September 19, 2023 and a guilty-plea deadline of September 15, 2023. The two-page order is signed by United States District Judge Beth Bloom.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Full text

1 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 22-cr-20290-BLOOM 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plaintiff, 
 
vs. 
 
ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, 
 
Defendant. 
______________________________/ 
 
ORDER 
 
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Continue 
Trial, ECF No. [49] Being fully advised, it is 
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion is GRANTED.   The interests of justice 
served by a continuance outweigh any interest of the public or the Defendant in a speedy trial.  As 
a result, the period of delay resulting from this continuance – i.e., from the date the Motion was 
filed, July 20, 2023, to and including the date trial commences – is excludable time under the 
Speedy Trial Act.  See 18 U.S.C. § 3161. 
THIS CAUSE is set for Criminal Jury Trial at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., Courthouse, 
400 North Miami Avenue, Courtroom 10-2, Miami, Florida, during the two-week period 
commencing at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, or as soon thereafter as the case may 
be called.  A Calendar Call will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the 
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., Courthouse, 400 North Miami Avenue, Courtroom 10-2, Miami, Florida.  
The deadline for the tendering of any guilty pleas is set for Friday, September 15, 2023.  See, 
e.g., United States v. Gamboa, 166 F.3d 1327, 1331 (11th Cir. 1999) (citing United States v. Ellis, 
547 F.2d 863, 868 (5th Cir. 1977)). All Pre-Trial Motions, including Motions to Suppress and 
Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB   Document 50   Entered on FLSD Docket 07/21/2023   Page 1 of 2

CASE NO. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM 
 
2 
 
Motions in Limine, shall be filed with the Court prior to Calendar Call. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, on July 20, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
________________________________ 
BETH BLOOM 
       
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
cc: 
counsel of record 
Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB   Document 50   Entered on FLSD Docket 07/21/2023   Page 2 of 2

File and source

File

gov.uscourts.flsd.615773.50.0.pdf

Size

135,072 bytes

SHA-256

d4f868dcc678702d5889ef835df4f4ab5a8d99ed8f028f8f7592f89179741f86

Our copy

gov.uscourts.flsd.615773.50.0.pdf

Original

PACER (login required)