Opinion
21 Cr. 741 (PGG)
10-21-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. ARIEL CASTRO ARRENDONDO, Defendant.
ORDER
PAUL G. GARDEPHE, U.S.D.J.
WHEREAS, with defendant Ariel Castro Arrendondo's consent, his guilty plea allocution was made before a United States Magistrate Judge on August 22, 2022;
WHEREAS, a transcript of the allocution was made and thereafter was transmitted to the District Court; and
WHEREAS, upon review of that transcript, this Court has determined that the defendant entered the guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily and that there was a factual basis for the guilty plea;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendant's guilty plea is accepted.