Feds status report -Oregon standoff 7 defendants

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BILLY J. WILLIAMS, OSB #901366 United States Attorney District of Oregon ETHAN D. KNIGHT, OSB #992984 GEOFFREY A. BARROW CRAIG J. GABRIEL, OSB #012571 Assistant United States Attorneys ethan.knight@usdoj.gov geoffrey.barrow@usdoj.gov craig.gabriel@usdoj.gov 1000 SW Third Ave., Suite 600 Portland, OR 97204-2902 Telephone: (503) 727-1000 Attorneys for United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3:16-CR-00051-BR

v.

JASON PATRICK, DUANE LEO EHMER, DYLAN ANDERSON, SEAN ANDERSON, SANDRA LYNN ANDERSON, DARRYL WILLIAM THORN, and JAKE RYAN,

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Defendants.

Pursuant to the Court’s November 21, 2016, Order (ECF No. 1575), attorneys for the government have conferred with counsel for the above-named defendants, and the parties hereby file this joint status report.

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Charges for Upcoming Trial The government intends to proceed on Count 1 of the Superseding Indictment, charging Conspiracy to Impede Officers of the United States, against the seven defendants scheduled for trial on February 14, 2017. The government further intends to proceed on Count 2 of the Superseding Indictment, charging Possession of a Firearm in a Federal Facility, against the six defendants scheduled for trial who are named in Count 2. With respect to Count 6 of the Superseding Indictment, charging Depredation of Government Property, the government intends to proceed against Jake Ryan, but will move to dismiss Count 6 against Sean Anderson. The government, however, does intend to present to a grand jury in the near future a felony charge of Depredation of Government Property against Duane Leo Ehmer. If the grand jury returns an indictment against defendant Ehmer, the government would then seek to join this charge with the other charges in the Superseding Indictment.

Finally, the government intends to file a Misdemeanor Information, with a Forfeiture Notice, in this case charging various Class B misdemeanors against the defendants, including Trespassing, Tampering with Vehicles and Equipment, and Destruction of Property. See 50 C.F.R. §§ 26.21(a), 27.61, 27.65, 28.31 and 16 U.S.C. § 460k-3. The government plans to file this Misdemeanor Information by Friday, December 16, 2016. The government will seek to join these misdemeanor charges at the same trial as the felony charges noted above.

Duration of Trial The government anticipates that its case-in-chief will last approximately a week and a half.

Defendants anticipate that their case-in-chief will last no longer than two and a half weeks. /// Joint Status Report

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Pretrial Scheduling Defendants report that they are prepared to file pretrial motions two weeks after the government files its superseding charging instruments. The parties propose that any future dates be set during the status conference on December 14, 2016.

Motion for Continuance of the Trial Date Under a separate filing, the government will be moving for a 60-day continuance of the trial date. Defendants object to the government’s motion.

Dated this 12th day of December 2016.

Respectfully submitted, BILLY J. WILLIAMS United States Attorney

s/ Craig J. Gabriel ETHAN D. KNIGHT, OSB #992984 GEOFFREY A. BARROW CRAIG J. GABRIEL, OSB #012571 Assistant United States Attorneys

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