Opinion
NO. 1:20-CR-95 (MAC)
01-05-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. LEE ANTHONY FISHER, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDATION ON DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA
The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Judge Hawthorn conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and issued his 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. He further recommended that the court adjudge the Defendant guilty on Count One of the 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 and recommendation, the Defendant, Lee Anthony Fisher (1), is adjudged guilty as to Count One of the Indictment charging a violation of 18 United States Code, Sections 1791(a)(1), 1791(b)(2), and 1791(d)(1)(A) (Providing Contraband in Prison).
SIGNED at Beaumont, Texas, this 5th day of January, 2021.
/s/_________
MARCIA A. CRONE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE