USA v. Bernard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 3:24-cr-95
vs.
CLIFFORD BERNARD, 	District Judge Michael J. Newman
Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry
Defendant.
ORDER: (1) ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED
STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. No. 39); (2) GRANTING THE PARTIES’ JOINT
MOTION FOR A CHANGE OF PLEA (Doc. No. 33); (3) ACCEPTING DEFENDANT’S
PLEA OF GUILTY AS CHARGED IN COUNT 10 OF THE INDICTMENT; AND (4)
DEFERRING THE DECISION OF WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE PLEA AGREEMENT
UNTIL THE SENTENCING HEARING
This criminal case is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the United States
Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 39), recommending that the Court accept Defendant’s guilty plea. There
being no objections to the well-reasoned Report and Recommendation (“R&R”), the Court ADOPTS
the R&R in full. The parties’ joint motion to change plea (Doc. No. 33) is GRANTED, and the Court
ACCEPTS Defendant’s plea of guilty as charged in Count 10 of the Indictment, which charges him
with intent to distribute Schedule II controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation
of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(l), (b)(1)(A), (b)(l)(C) and 860. 	The Court DEFERS the decision of
whether to accept the plea agreement until the sentencing hearing.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
March 13, 2026 	s/Michael J. Newman
Hon. Michael J. Newman
United States District Judge
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