Prosecutors: No reason to delay transfer of Bundy, co-defendants to Nevada

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on April 04, 2016 at 4:42 PM, updated April 04, 2016 at 4:44 PM

... Brown narrowly tailored the transportation order to ensure Bundy and his four co-defendants are brought back to Oregon in less than two weeks and confirmed with Nevada prosecutors that the Oregon trial will proceed first, the prosecutors argue in their legal briefs.

They also pointed out that the defense lawyers' request to delay the transfer and their appeal to "is entirely inconsistent with their push for speedy trials in both jurisdictions.''

Brown ruled last month that marshals could transport the five to appear on indictments in the 2014 standoff near Cliven Bundy's ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada. They were to be returned to Portland 12 days later, on April 25, according to the order ...

The defendants or their lawyers are expected to appear before Brown at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Brown also is expected to set a trial date. A fellow judge indicated in court Monday that Brown is pushing to hold a trial immediately after Labor Day ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/04/federal_prosecutor_argue_there.html