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Defendant Jones’s Joinder in Codefendant Melega’s Motion to Continue Trial and Pretrial Conference Un-Resisted by the Government — United States v. Erik Richard Jones, No. 4:20-cr-40056 (Dkt. 45, C.D. Ill.)

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Erik Richard Jones, through attorney Murray W. Bell, filed this joinder on November 2, 2022 in United States v. Erik Richard Jones (C.D. Ill., No. 4:20-cr-40056), joining codefendant Mitchell Allen Melega's motion to continue the pretrial conference and trial. The filing says the pretrial conference was set for November 3, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. and the jury trial for December 2022, and that over a million and a half pages of discovery had been provided to counsel. Assistant United States Attorney John Mehochko indicated that the government has no objection to a continuance. Defense counsel also cites sentencing hearings on codefendants before Judge Sara Darrow in Davenport, Iowa set at the same time as the pretrial conference, and asks for an order continuing the pretrial conference and trial.

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                            4:20-cr-40056-JES-JEH # 45        Page 1 of 2
                                                                                                     E-FILED
                                                                Wednesday, 02 November, 2022 11:44:54 AM
                                                                              Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD

                            IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
                                       PEORIA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                             )      Criminal No. 4:20-cr-40056
                                                      )
               Plaintiff,                             )
                                                      )      DEFENDANT JONES’S
        vs.                                           )      JOINDER IN CODEFENDANT
                                                      )      MELEGA’S MOTION TO
ERIK RICHARD JONES,                                   )      CONTINUE TRIAL AND
                                                      )      PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
                                                      )      UN- RESISTED BY THE
                                                      )      GOVERNMENT
               Defendant.                             )

        COMES NOW Defendant, ERIK RICHARD JONES, by his attorney Murray W. Bell,

P.C., and in support of his Joinder Codefendant Melega’s Motion to Continue Trail and Pretrial

Conference, U-Resisted by the Government.’

1.      This matter is currently set for pre-trial conference on the 3rd day of November 2022 at

10:00 A.m. with trial jury set for the 5th day December 2022.

2.      The allegations are significant and require a significant amount of time with the

discovery in that there are over a million and a half pages of discovery that has been provided to

the Counsel.

3.      This Counsel has communicated with Assistant, United States Attorney, John Mehochko

who has indicated the Government has no objection to a continuance of the pretrial conference

and trial.

4.      This Counsel and his Co-Counsel both have sentencing hearings on codefendants before

        the Honorable Judge, Sara Darrow in Davenport, IA at the same time as the pretrial

        Confernce is currently set for Pretrial Conference in Peoria, IL.

4.      The Defendant’s Co-Defendant, Mitchell Allen Melega, has filed a Motion to Continue

the Pretrial conference and the Trial.
                        4:20-cr-40056-JES-JEH # 45             Page 2 of 2




6.     It is the interests of justice that this matter be continued to allow the defendant’s

sufficient time to review the discovery to be able to prepare for trial and/or to make decisions on

how to proceed.

       WHEREFORE the Defendants PRAYS this Court for an Order Continuing the Pretrial

Conference and Trial, and for other relief the Court deems appropriate.

                                                      Respectfully Submitted

                                                      /s/ Murray W. Bell_______________
                                                      Murray W. Bell, P.C.
                                                      2435 Kimberly Road, Suite 235S
                                                      Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
                                                      Phone: 563-326-4095
                                                      Facsimile: 563-594-5180
                                                      mwbell@kirkwoodlaw.com



                                    Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that on the 2nd day of November 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing with
the Clerk of Court Using the ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the
following:

Assistant United States Attorney
John K. Mehochko and
Alyssa Raya

                                                       /s/ Murray W. Bell
                                                      Murray W. Bell
                                                      Counsel for the Defendant

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