Opinion
S1 19 CR 443 (LAK)
12-13-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DANIEL MELAMED, a/k/a "Danny," Defendant.
ORDER ACCEPTING THE PLEA ALLOCUTION BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On November 25, 2020, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, United States Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, after presiding over a plea allocution with the defendant's consent, reported and recommended that the defendant's plea of guilty be accepted. The Court has reviewed the transcript of the plea allocution and has determined that the defendant entered the plea of guilty knowingly and voluntarily and that there is a factual basis for it. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the defendant's plea of guilty is acceptable to the Court. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter the defendant's plea of guilty. Dated: New York, New York
December 13, 2020
/s/_________
THE HONORABLE LEWIS A. KAPLAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK