USA v. Lucero-Peace et al

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CRAIG H. MISSAKIAN (CABN 125202)
United States Attorney
JEFF MITCHELL (CABN 236225)
Chief, Criminal Division
NEAL C. HONG (ILBN 6309265)
Assistant United States Attorney
60 S. Market, Suite 1200
San Jose, California 95113
Telephone: (408) 535-5081
neal.hong@usdoj.gov
Attorneys for United States of America
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
JONATHAN LUCERO PEACE,
Defendant.
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Case No. 26-CR-00048-1 EKL
STIPULATION TO SEVER DEFENDANT FROM
CO-DEFENDANTS; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
The Grand Jury charged Defendant Jonathan Lucero Peace, with co-defendant Alejandro Pelayo
Gonzalez, in Count One of the Indictment and with co-defendant Julio Jovan Vasquez Ochoa, in Count
Two of the Indictment. The Court scheduled a jury trial for Pelayo Gonzalez for October 26, 2026. At
the August 25, 2026, status conference for Vasquez Ochoa, the parties discussed a trial date, but one was
not set.
Defendant is not scheduled for trial. Defendant’s case is set for a status conference on
November 3, 2026. The parties do not anticipate requesting a trial date at the upcoming status
conference.
Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that Defendant’s case be severed from co-defendant
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Pelayo Gonzalez in Count One and co-defendant Vasquez Ochoa in Count Two. Severance would allow
Pelayo Gonzalez’s trial to proceed and allow a trial to be set in Vasquez Ochoa’s case.
IT IS SO STIPULATED. 	CRAIG H. MISSAKIAN
United States Attorney
Dated: August 28, 2026 	/s/ Neal Hong________________
NEAL C. HONG
Assistant United States Attorney
/s/ Naomi Chung_________________
NAOMI CHUNG
Counsel for Defendant
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS the
joint request for severance.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s case is SEVERED from co-defendant Alejandro
Pelayo Gonzalez’s case in Count One of the Indictment charging them with a violation of 21 U.S.C. §
841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A) - Distribution of Fentanyl Analogue.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s case is SEVERED from co-defendant Julio Jovan
Vasquez Ochoa in Count Two of the Indictment charging them with a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
and (b)(1)(A) - Distribution of 500 Grams and More of Methamphetamine.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: ___________________
HON. EUMI K. LEE
United States District Judge
September 15, 2026
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