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Order Approving Stipulation to Extend Time to File Reply (First Request) — U.S. v. Dezfooli, Dkt. 349

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An order approving a stipulation to extend time to file a reply (First Request), Case 2:22-cr-00142, Document 349, filed 04/23/25, in United States v. Meelad Dezfooli in the District of Nevada. It refers to the Motion for Judgment of Acquittal or Alternatively for a New Trial that Dezfooli filed March 10, 2025, and the government response filed April 14, 2025. The reply had been due April 21, 2025; the parties agree it may be filed on or before May 5, 2025, and the government may file a surreply on or before May 19, 2025. The order states that the stipulation [ECF No. 340] is approved.

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Case 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA Document 349 _ Filed 04/23/25 Page1of3

LUCAS J. GAFFNEY, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 12373

GAFFNEY LAW

9900 Covington Cross Drive, Suite 290
Las Vegas, Nevada 89144

Telephone: (702) 742-2055

Facsimile: (702) 920-8838
lucas@gaffneylawlv.com

Attorney for Meelad Dezfooli

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff
vs.

MEELAD DEZFOOLI,

Defendant

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Sigal Chattah, United

States Attorney; and David Zachary Adams and Taylor G. Stout, Trial Attorneys, Criminal

CASE NO: 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA
Order Approving STIPULATION TO
EXTEND TIME TO FILE REPLY TO

GOVERNMENT?’S RESPONSE

(First Request)

[ECF No. 340]

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section; and

Assistant United States Attorney, Daniel R. Schiess, counsel for the United States of America;

and Defendant MEELAD DEZFOOLI by and through his attorney, Lucas J. Gaffney, Esq., as

follows:

1. On March 10, 2025, MEELAD DEZFOOLI, through counsel, filed his Motion for

Judgment of Acquittal or Alternatively for a New Trial [ECF 331].

2. On April 14, 2025, the United States of America (“Government”) filed its

United States’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Acquittal or New Trial [ECF 337].
Case 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA Document 349 _ Filed 04/23/25 Page 2 of3

. Upon filing of the Government’s Response, the Court set a due date for MEELAD

DEZFOOLI’s Reply brief of April 21, 2025. However, given the length and complexity
of the parties’ arguments, MEELAD DEZFOOLI, needs an additional two weeks to

consult with counsel, and draft his Reply.

. Mr. Dezfooli is currently in custody and does not object to a two-week continuance of

the briefing schedule.

. Counsel for the United States of America; David Zachery Adams, Taylor G. Stout, and

Daniel R. Schiess; do not oppose a two-week continuance of the briefing schedule to

file the Reply brief.

. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that MEELAD DEZFOOLI’S Reply to the United

States’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Acquittal or New Trial [ECF 337] shall be
filed on or before May 5, 2025.
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Case 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA Document 349 _ Filed 04/23/25 Page3of3

surreply
7. The parties further stipulate the Government be allowed two weeks to file a ®==pe==e

surrepl
to MEELAD DEZFOOLID’S Reply, if necessary. The Government’ séespense. would be

due on or before May 19, 2025.

IT IS SO STIPULATED this 21* day of April 2025

Respectfully submitted, SIGAL CHATTAH
United States Attorney

/s/ Lucas Gaffney

LUCAS J. GAFFNEY, ESQ. /s/ Dan Schiess

Attorney for Meelad Dezfooli DANIEL R. SCHIESS

Attorney for the United States of America

/s/ Taylor Stout
Taylor G. Stout
Attorney for the United States of America

/s/ David Adams
David Zachary Adams
Attorney for the United States of America

It is ordered that the parties’ stipulation to extend time [ECF No. 340]
is approved, therefore defendant Meelad Dezfooli’s reply to the government’s
response is extended to May 5, 2025. The government is permitted to file a

surreply on or before May 19, 2025. “

Cristina D. Silva
Unitéd States District Judge

Dated: April 23, 2025

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