Opinion
4:20-CR-00008
11-28-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LUCAS BERNARDO BERTOTTI
ORDER ADOPTING UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT
SEAN D. JORDAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Christine A. Nowak, United States Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The Honorable Christine A. Nowak conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and issued her Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea Before the United States Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Court accept the Defendant's guilty plea. She further recommended that the Court adjudge the Defendant guilty on Count One of the First Superseding Indictment filed against the Defendant.
The parties have not objected to the Magistrate Judge's findings. The Court ORDERS that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea of the United States Magistrate Judge are ADOPTED. The Court accepts the Defendant's plea but defers acceptance of the plea agreement until after review of the presentence report. It is further ORDERED that, in accordance with the Defendant's guilty plea and the Magistrate Judge's findings, Defendant, LUCAS BERNARDO BERTOTTI, is adjudged guilty as to Count One of the First Superseding Indictment charging a violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 846 - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Tetrahydrocannabinol.
So ORDERED and SIGNED.