Opinion
Case No. 2:18-CR-14(7)-JRG-RSP
05-09-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KENNY OKEITH HARRIS
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY
On this day, the Court considered the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne regarding defendant's plea of guilty to Counts 1 and 4 of an indictment charging defendant with a violation of (Count 1) 21 U.S.C. § 846, conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; and (Count 4) 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), use, carrying, and possession of a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Having conducted a proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by FED. R. CRIM P. 11, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court accept the defendant's guilty plea. The parties waived their right to file objections to the Findings of Fact and Recommendation. The Court is of the opinion that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation should be accepted.
It is accordingly ORDERED that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, filed April 23, 2019, are hereby ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to defendant's plea agreement, the Court finds defendant GUILTY of Counts 1 and 4 of the indictment in the above-numbered cause.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 9th day of May, 2019.
/s/_________
RODNEY GILSTRAP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE