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Order Approving Stipulation to Extend Time to File Reply (Second Request) — U.S. v. Dezfooli, Dkt. 356

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An order approving a stipulation to extend time to file a reply to the government response (Second Request), Case 2:22-cr-00142, Document 356, filed 05/05/25, in United States v. Meelad Dezfooli in the District of Nevada. The stipulation recites the earlier extension of the reply date to May 5, 2025 (ECF No. 349). Under it, the reply to the response to the motion for acquittal or new trial is to be filed on or before May 12, 2025, and the government may respond on or before May 26, 2025. The order extends the deadline to May 12, 2025, based on the parties’ stipulation.

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Case 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA Document 356 Filed 05/05/25 Pagei1of3

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, CASE NO: 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA

Plaintiff Order Approving STIPULATION TO
EXTEND TIME TO FILE REPLY TO
vs. GOVERNMENT?’S RESPONSE (ECF
No. 337]
MEELAD DEZFOOLI,
(Second Request)
Defendant

[ECF No. 355]

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
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 No. 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 No. 337).
Case 2:22-cr-00142-CDS-DJA Document 356 _ Filed 05/05/25 Page 2of3

3. Upon filing of the Government’s Response, the Court set a due date for
MEELAD DEZFOOLI’s Reply brief of April 21, 2025. On April 21, 2025, the
parties filed a stipulation to extend the due date for MEELAD DEZFOOLI’s
Reply brief to May 5, 2025. (ECF No. 340). On April 23, 2025, this Court granted the
stipulation. (ECF No. 349).

4. Counsel for MEELAD DEZFOOLI requires one additional week to draft the Reply
brief due to illness. Additionally, counsel requires additional time to consult
with MEELAD DEZFOOLI regarding the Reply.

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

6. Counsel for the United States of America; David Zachery Adams, Taylor G. Stout, and
Daniel R. Schiess; do not oppose a one-week continuance of the briefing schedule
to file the Reply brief.

7. 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 No. 337)
shall be filed on or before May 12, 2025.
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8. The parties further stipulate the Government be allowed two weeks to file a Response
to MEELAD DEZFOOLI’S Reply, if necessary. The Government’s Response would be
due on or before May 26, 2025.

IT IS SO STIPULATED this 5" day of May 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

Based on the parties’ stipulation, the deadline for Dezfooli to reply to the United
States’s response to the motion for acquittal or new trial is extended to May 12, 2025. The
government is permitted to file a surreply on or before May 26, 2025.

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Dated: May 5, 2025 /

THE Bp! BLETCRISTINA D. SILVA

UNITE ATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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