In re Velazquez

The opinion of the court was delivered by: Honorable Anthony W. Ishii Chief United States District Judge Fresno, California

MEMORANDUM

REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

On December 9, 2009, the offender appeared before Magistrate Judge Gary Austin, and admitted all of the violations of supervised release as alleged in the 12C Petition filed with the Court on November 13, 2009. Disposition in this matter was set for January 11, 2010. The offender has acknowledged he is suffering from drug addiction and has been assessed and accepted into the Stanislaus County Recovery Center Inpatient Drug Treatment Program located in Ceres, California. He has been waiting for a bed space to become available for several weeks. Mr. Velazquez was notified there will be a bed available for him in the program on December 30, 2009, and he has been instructed to report that date by 8:00 a.m.

This officer is respectfully requesting that Disposition in this matter be continued from January 11, 2010, to February 1, 2010, at 9:00 a.m., to allow the offender to concentrate on successfully completing the inpatient portion of his drug treatment program. Upon completion of the 30 days inpatient treatment, the offender will begin a 12-week day treatment program to be followed by 12 more weeks of intensive outpatient services.

_X__ Approved

___ Disapproved

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Anthony W. Ishii CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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