Order Denying Third Joint Motion to Continue Trial [as to Joshua Edwards] — United States v. Evan Edwards (a/k/a Ian Heringa) and Joshua…

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Case 6:22-cr-00201-AGM-LHP          Document 324      Filed 01/14/26     Page 1 of 2 PageID 1832




                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
                                 ORLANDO DIVISION

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                  Plaintiff,
          v.                                             Case No.: 6:22-cr-00201-AGM-LHP
   JOSHUA EDWARDS,

                  Defendant,


                                              ORDER

         THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on the parties’ Third Joint Motion to Continue

  Trial. (Doc. # 322; the “Motion”). Defendant Joshua Edwards was indicted on December

  14, 2022, and, at the parties’ request, his trial has been continued on more than one occasion.

  Most recently, a predecessor judge granted the parties’ October 17, 2025, Joint Motion to

  Continue Trial (doc. # 307). By entry of an Order dated October 20, 2025 (doc. # 308), the

  trial was re-set for the January 2026 trial term.

         Since that time, the case was reassigned to the undersigned. At the parties’ request, the

  trial was set for a date certain beginning on January 26, 2026. After the parties’ request for a

  date certain was granted, on January 13, 2026, the parties filed this Motion seeking to continue

  the trial to a date certain in February 2026, but no earlier than February 16, 2026. The reasons

  given in the Motion include that the lead AUSA assigned to the case must have surgery;

  another AUSA subsequently assigned to the case experienced a death in the family; a number

  of witnesses have expressed difficulty attending the trial on the week the parties requested;
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  and the parties have recently discussed continued efforts to resolve the case without the need

  for trial.

          The Court is ready and available to try this case the week of January 26, 2026, as the

  parties previously requested. If the Motion were to be granted, at present the Court anticipates

  its next availability to try this case would not be until April 2026. Without a waiver of speedy

  trial through the end of April 2026, the Motion must be denied and the trial must remain as

  set.

          The Court would entertain a re-filed motion to continue, if (1) it is filed on or before

  close of business on January 16, 2026, and (2) it is accompanied by a waiver of speedy trial

  through the end of April 2026. If the motion to continue is timely re-filed with the necessary

  waiver, it should be immediately brought to the Court’s attention by contacting the courtroom

  deputy.

          Accordingly, it is now

          ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
          1.     The Third Joint Motion to Continue Trial (doc. # 322) is denied
                 without prejudice.
          2.     The previous Joint Motion to Continue Trial (doc. # 319) is denied as
                 moot.
          DONE and ORDERED in Chambers this January 14, 2026




  COPIES FURNISHED TO:
  Counsel of Record
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