United States v. Hanhardt

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of Defendant William Hanhardt to continue the September 4, 2001 trial date. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

This case, which has previously been before the court on other issues, 1 arises out of an alleged organized crime conspiracy to commit jewelry thefts. Currently at issue is Hanhardt’s motion to continue the trial. Each of Hanhardt’s Co-Defendants has filed a similar motion to continue, where Co-Defendants join in Hanhardt’s motion, and raise individual arguments to continue. 2 This…