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noting that the defendant "had not been restrained or moved" at the time he answered the agent's question and that the agent "had not placed Defendant in handcuffs, no guns were drawn at the time [Defendant] provided the information, and Defendant never asked to leave the secondary inspection area"
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Criminal Case No. 17-20648-CR-Scola
05-21-2018
United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Gal Vallerius, Defendant.
Order Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report And Recommendation
On March 20, the court referred the Defendant's motion to suppress (ECF No. 23) to United States Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres for a report and recommendation. (See ECF No. 24.) On May 1, 2018, Judge Torres issued a report, recommending that the motion be denied. (R. & R., ECF No. 37.) The Defendant has not filed objections to the report, and the time to do so has passed.
The Court has considered Judge Torres's report, the record, and the relevant legal authorities. The Court finds Judge Torres's report and recommendation cogent and compelling. The Court affirms and adopts Judge Torres's report and recommendation (ECF No. 37), and denies the motion to suppress (ECF No. 23).
Done and ordered, at Miami, Florida, on May 21, 2018.
/s/_________
Robert N. Scola, Jr.
United States District Judge