USA v. Huitt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
P1aintiff,
v.
CURTIS CLAYTONHUITT,
Defendant.
No . 1,:26-CR-022-H
ORDER
The United States Magistrate Judge issued Findings, Conclusions, and a
Recommendation (FCR) that the Court find Curtis Clayton Huitt competent to stand trial.
Dkt. No. 23. No objections were filed.
Where no specific objections are filed \Mittrin the 14-day period, the Court reviews
the Magistrate Judge's Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations only for plain eror.
Setrano rt. Customs & Border Patrol, U.S. Customs & Border Prot.,975 F.3d 488, 502 (5th Cir.
2020). The District Court has reviewed the FCR for plain error. Finding none, the Court
accepts and adopts the FCR. Therefore, the Court finds by a preponderance of the evidence
that Huitt "is not presently suffering from any mental disease or defect rendering him
mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and
consequences of the proceedings against him[ or to assist properly in his defense." Dkt.
No. 23 at9; see 18 U.S.C. $ aZaL@). The Court thus finds Huitt competent to stand trial.
So ordered on octobe, 8 , 2026.
HENDzuX
STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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