Opinion
No 4:16-cr-3 ALM/KPJ
07-31-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALBERTO HERNANDEZ-CHAVEZ (1)
ORDER ADOPTING UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Kimberly C. Priest Johnson, United States Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Judge Johnson 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 Kimberly C. Priest Johnson. The magistrate judge recommended that the Court accept the Defendant's guilty plea. She further recommended that the Court adjudge the Defendant guilty of Count One 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 Kimberly C. Priest Johnson 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, Alberto Hernandez-Chavez, is adjudged guilty of the charged offense under Title 46, United States Code, Sections 70503(a) and 70506(a) & (b). SIGNED this 31st day of July, 2017.
/s/_________
AMOS L. MAZZANT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE