Opinion
CASE NUMBER 6:19-CR-00022-JDK
10-02-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. VIRGINIA COLIS RODRIGUEZ (3).
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY PURSUANT TO RULE 11(c)(1)(C)
On this day, the Court considered the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell regarding Defendant Virginia Colis Rodriguez's plea of guilty pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) to Count One of the Indictment with a violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 371 - conspiracy to (a) produce, without lawful authority, false identification documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028(a)(1), 1028(b)(1)(A)(i) & (ii), and 1028(c)(1); (b) transfer false identification documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028(a)(2), 1028(b)(1)(A)(i) & (ii), and 1028(c)(1); and (c) forge, counterfeit, falsely make, and possess documents prescribed by statute and regulation for entry into and as evidence of authorized stay and employment in the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). Having conducted a proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by Rule 11, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court accept Defendant's guilty plea, reserving to the District Judge the option of rejecting the Plea Agreement if, after review of the presentence report, the agreed sentence is determined not to be the appropriate disposition of the case. 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 September 30, 2019, are hereby ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Defendant's Plea Agreement, the Court finds Defendant GUILTY of Count One of the Indictment in the above-numbered cause, reserving to the Court the option of rejecting the Plea Agreement if, after review of the presentence report, the agreed sentence is determined not to be the appropriate disposition of the case.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 2nd day of October, 2019.
/s/_________
JEREMY D. KERNODLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE