USA v. Lawson et al

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Stipulation and Proposed Order to Continue Sentencing
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Etan Zaitsu [SBN 287106]
Attorney-at-Law
Zaitsu Law
331 J Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.542.0270
Attorney for Defendant
JAMES GORDLEY
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
JAMES GORDLEY,
Defendant.
Case No.: 2:22-CR-00058 DJC
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
CONTINUE SENTENCING
The parties, defendant James Gordley through his court-appointed counsel, and the
government through its counsel, hereby stipulate to and request that the sentencing date set for
November 6, 2025, be continued to December 4, 2025, and that all filing due dates be moved
consistent with the new sentencing date as detailed below.
In support of this stipulation, the parties request that the Court find the following:
1. 	Mr. Gordley sat for his probation interview on August 7, 2025.
2. 	Probation subsequently released its Draft PSR on August 18, 2025. Neither party filed
Informal Objections. Probation filed its Final PSR on September 9, 2025
3. 	On Sept. 15, 2025, upon stipulation and request, the Court continued sentencing to
Nov. 6, 2025. At that time, defense counsel represented that he was facing certain
challenges hiring experts for sentencing mitigation purposes.
4. 	Since then, counsel for the defendant represents that the two experts he sought to hire
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have agreed to provide services despite the current inability of the government to pay
for such services. However, the funding request for one of the experts—psychological
services—had to be refiled a number of times. For this reason, defense counsel seeks a
1-month continuance of the sentencing hearing to December 4, 2025.
5. 	The government is not opposed.
6. 	The parties therefore request the Court approve the following sentencing schedule:
Nov. 6: New Sentencing Date
Oct 30: Reply
Oct. 23: Formal Objections
SO STIPULATED
Respectfully submitted,
Dated: October 31, 2025 	s/ETAN ZAITSU
ETAN ZAITSU
Attorney for the Defendant
JAMES GORDLEY
Dated: October 31, 2025 	ERIC GRANT
United States Attorney
/s/ JASON HITT
JASON HITT
Assistant United States Attorney
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ORDER
For the reasons stated by the parties in the above stipulation, and good cause showing,
the Defendant’s sentencing hearing scheduled November 6, 2025, is hereby continued to
December 4, 2025, at 9:00A.M., with all remaining filings due dates moved consistent with the
parties’ stipulated scheduled.
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED.
Dated: October 31, 2025 	/s/ Daniel J. Calabretta
THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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