USA v. MORGAN et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
COLUMBUS DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 	:
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v. 	: 	CASE NO. 4:25-CR-33-CDL
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JABRAL MORGAN, 	:
NICHOLAS HOWARD, 	:
BRANDON MCGHEE, 	:
ISAAC HAMMOND, II, 	:
DEVEN C. HAMLET, 	:
VERLENIA J. REDDING, 	:
CODY LEE, 	:
BYRON JOHNSON, 	:
COREY SAUNDERS, 	:
JAKAYLA ROBINSON, 	:
JAMES W. PAGE, 	:
NASHEMIA A. GONZALES, 	:
CHIMYRA R. ROBINSON, 	:
JASMINE T. SAUNDERS, 	:
JAMAR PETIGNY, 	:
KERISHA I. GOODE, 	:
JUSTIN RUSH, 	:
KEVIN A. GOODE, 	:
KEITH HILL, JR., and 	:
SNOWIE L. SAUNDERS, 	:
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Defendants. 	:
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ORDER GRANTING GOVERNMENT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DECLARE CASE
COMPLEX PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B) AND TO CONTINUE THE CASE
Before the Court is the Government’s Unopposed Motion to Continue Trial, Declare Case
Complex Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B), Extend Deadlines in the Standard Pretrial Order,
and Specially Set the Trial. In its Motion, the Government represents that additional time is needed
to serve the discovery material in this case due to its voluminous nature and that the case should
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be continued from the Court’s upcoming March 2026 trial term. Counsel for the Defendants do
not oppose the Government’s Motion.
Having considered the matter, the Court agrees that the voluminous discovery and nature
of the prosecution supports the parties’ motion and justifies any delay in trial.
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii), the Court declares the case complex; the Court
finds it serves the ends of justice to grant the requested extended discovery and Standard Pretrial
Order deadlines and continuance from the Court’s March 2026 trial term to allow the Government
adequate time to fulfill its discovery obligations. 	The ends of justice served by granting the
extension and continuance outweigh the interests of the Defendants and the public in a speedy
trial. Failure to grant a continuance would deny counsel reasonable time for effective preparation
and could result in a miscarriage of justice. 	Thus, the Government’s Unopposed Motion is
GRANTED, and IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be continued from the March 2026
trial term to the December 2026 trial term. 	The delay occasioned by this continuance shall be
excludable pursuant to the provisions of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h).
SO ORDERED, this 16th day of January, 2026.
S/Clay D. Land
CLAY D. LAND
U. S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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