Opinion
22-CR-98-JPS
09-21-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. VICKI BERKA, Defendant.
ORDER
J.P. Stadtmueller U.S. District Judge
On May 3, 2022, the grand jury returned a four-count Indictment charging Defendant with violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1957. ECF No. 1. On August 15, 2022, the parties filed a plea agreement indicating that Defendant agreed to plead guilty to Counts One and Four of the Indictment. ECF No. 14.
The parties appeared before Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries on September 1, 2022 to conduct a plea colloquy pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. ECF No. 17. Defendant entered a plea of guilty as to Counts One and Four of the Indictment. Id. After cautioning and examining Defendant under oath concerning each of the subjects mentioned in Rule 11, Magistrate Judge Dries determined that the guilty plea was knowing and voluntary, and that the offenses charged were supported by an independent factual basis containing each of the essential elements of the offenses. Id.
On September 1, 2022, Magistrate Judge Dries filed a Report and Recommendation with this Court, recommending that: (1) Defendant's plea of guilty be accepted; (2) a presentence investigation report be prepared; and (3) Defendant be adjudicated guilty and have a sentence imposed accordingly. Id. Pursuant to General Local Rule 72(c), 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 59(b), the parties were advised that written objections to that recommendation, or any part thereof, could be filed within fourteen days of the date of service of the recommendation. Id. To date, no party has filed such an objection. The Court has considered Magistrate Judge Dries's recommendation and, having received no objection thereto, will adopt it.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries's Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 17, be and the same is hereby ADOPTED.