Opinion
CASE NO. 1:20-CR-00039-H-BU
08-25-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. RICARDO DANIEL BORDAYO (1)
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PLEA BEFORE THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This case has been referred by the United States district judge to the undersigned for the taking of a guilty plea. The parties have consented to appear before a United States magistrate judge for these purposes. This Report and Recommendation on Plea is submitted to the court under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(3).
Under the authority granted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Chief Judge for the Northern District of Texas issued Special Order 13-9 in which, among other things, she specifically found that felony pleas under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 cannot be conducted in person without seriously jeopardizing public health and safety. As a result, Special Order 13-9 authorized the use of video teleconferencing for the taking of felony guilty pleas in particular cases in which the district judge has made a finding that the plea cannot be further delayed without serious harm to the interests of justice. Upon the joint motion of both parties, the district judge has made such a finding. Accordingly, the defendant appeared via video teleconference before the undersigned United States magistrate judge who addressed the defendant in open court and informed the defendant of, and determined
Signed on: 25th day of August, 2020
/s/_________
JOHN R. PARKER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE