Opinion
Case No. 2:20-CR-0002 JRG-RSP
07-13-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LUCAS MATEO JUAN-LOPEZ
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY
On this day, the Court considered the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne regarding defendant's plea of guilty to Count 1 of an indictment charging defendant with a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (a)(1)(B)(i), transporting illegal aliens for profit. Having conducted a proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by FED. R. CRIM P. 11, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court accept the defendant's guilty plea. The parties waived their right to file objections to the Findings of Fact and Recommendation. The Court is of the opinion that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation should be accepted.
It is accordingly ORDERED that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, filed June 15, 2020, are hereby ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to defendant's plea agreement, the Court finds defendant GUILTY of Count 1 of the indictment in the above-numbered cause.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 13th day of July, 2020.
/s/_________
RODNEY GILSTRAP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE