AMOS L. MAZZANT UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER ADOPTING UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT

The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Kimberly C. Priest Johnson, United States Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Judge Johnson conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and issued her Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea before the United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson. Judge Johnson recommended the Court accept Defendant's guilty plea. She further recommended the Court adjudge Defendant guilty of Count One of the Indictment filed against Defendant.

The parties have not objected to the magistrate judge's findings. The Court ORDERS that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea of the United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson are ADOPTED. The Court accepts Defendant's plea but defers acceptance of the plea agreement until after review of the presentence report. It is further ORDERED that in accordance with Defendant's guilty plea and the magistrate judge's findings and recommendation, Defendant, John Edwin Montenegro Salazar, is adjudged guilty of the charged offense under Title 21 U.S.C. § 963.

SIGNED this 23rd day of February, 2021.

/s/_________

AMOS L. MAZZANT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE