USA v. Maldonado-Fuentes

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT PIERCE DIVISION
CASE NO. 25-14050-CR-CANNON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
ELIAS DAVID MALDONADO-FUENTES,
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 M. Maynard Following Change of Plea Hearing [ECF No. 26]. 	On
October 29, 2025, Magistrate Judge Maynard held a Change of Plea hearing [ECF No. 23] during
which Defendant pled guilty to the sole Count of the Indictment [ECF No. 16] pursuant to a written
stipulation of facts [ECF No. 24]. 	Magistrate Judge Maynard thereafter issued a Report
recommending that the Court accept Defendant’s guilty plea to the sole Count of the Indictment,
that the Court find Defendant to have freely and voluntarily entered his guilty plea, and that the
Court adjudicate him guilty of the offense [ECF No. 16]. 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. 26] is ACCEPTED.
2. 	The guilty plea entered into by Defendant Elias David Maldonado-Fuentes as to the
sole Count of the Indictment is ACCEPTED.
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CASE NO. 25-14050-CR-CANNON
3. 	Defendant Elias David Maldonado-Fuentes is adjudicated guilty of the sole Count of
the Indictment, which charges him with, reentry of deported alien, in violation of Title
8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1) [ECF No. 16].
ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, Florida, this 12th day of November 2025.
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AILEEN M. CANNON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: 	counsel of record
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