USA v. Rivers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Plaintiff, )
v. ) No. 4:24-cr-527 MAL
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SHAMEEK RIVERS, )
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Defendant. )
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Before the Court is Defendant Shameek River’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 32), Motion to
Suppress Evidence (Doc. 33), and oral Motion to Suppress Statements (Doc. 39) which was
referred to United States Magistrate Judge John M. Bodenhausen for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b). Having considered the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 53) in
light of the parties’ briefing (Docs. 32, 33, 34, 45, 48, 52), the transcript of the evidentiary hearing
held on September 16, 2025 (Doc. 45), and noting the absence of any objection to the Report and
Recommendation,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, Doc. 53, is
SUSTAINED, ADOPTED, and INCORPORATED herein. There is no clear error in the Report
and Recommendation. See Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (unobjected-to
report and recommendations are reviewed by the district court for clear error).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, Doc. 32, is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Evidence, Doc. 33,
is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED that Defendant’s Oral Motion to Suppress Statements
(Doc. 39) is GRANTED insofar as that motion relates to the statements Rivers made immediately
after he was handcuffed, but DENIED insofar as it relates to his later spontaneous statements
concerning his circumstances, including those implicating his criminal history and possession of
firearm.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that this matter is set for trial March 9, 2026 at 9 a.m. in the
courtroom of the undersigned.
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Dated this 4th day of February, 2026.
MARIA A. LANAHAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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