USA v. Knowles

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT PIERCE DIVISION
CASE NO. 25-14044-CR-CANNON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
EARL KNOWLES,
Defendant.
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ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation issued by
Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard following Change of Plea Hearing [ECF No. 32]. On
November 12, 2025, Magistrate Judge Mills Maynard held a Change of Plea hearing [ECF No. 28]
during which Defendant pled guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment [ECF No. 11] pursuant to a
stipulation of facts [ECF No. 29]. 	Magistrate Judge Mills Maynard thereafter issued a Report
recommending that the Court accept Defendant’s guilty plea to Count 1, that the Court find
Defendant to have freely and voluntarily entered his guilty plea, and that the Court adjudicate him
guilty of the offenses [ECF No. 11]. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time to
do so has expired.
The Court has conducted a review of the record and finds no error in the Report. Therefore,
it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. 	The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 32] is ACCEPTED.
2. 	The guilty plea entered by Defendant Earl Knowles as to Count 1 of the Indictment is
ACCEPTED.
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CASE NO. 25-14044-CR-CANNON
3. 	Defendant Earl Knowles is adjudicated guilty of Count 1 of the Indictment, which
charges Defendant with previously removed alien found in the United States, in
violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2).
ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, Florida, this 2nd day of December 2025.
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AILEEN M. CANNON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: 	counsel of record
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