REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING PLEA OF GUILTY

DAVE WHALIN, Magistrate Judge.

This matter has been referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge by the District Court for the purpose of conducting proceedings pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 11. The appropriate wavier was executed by the defendant and filed in the record. The United States was represented by Sungtae King, Assistant United States Attorney. The proceedings were recorded by Alan W. Wernecke, Official Court Reporter. The defendant, Gualberto Telles-Guerrero, by consent with Patrick J. Bouldin, Assistant Federal Defender, appeared in open court on October 10, 2014, and entered a plea of guilty as to Count One of the Indictment pursuant to a Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement. After cautioning and examining the defendant under oath concerning each of the subjects mentioned in Rule 11, the Court determined that the guilty plea was knowledgeable and voluntary as to Count One of the Indictment, and that the offense charged was supported by an independent basis in fact concerning each of the essential elements of such offense. Therefore, the undersigned recommends that the plea of guilty be accepted, and that the defendant be adjudged guilty as to Count One in the Indictment and have sentence imposed accordingly.

Sentencing will be set for Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. before the Honorable Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., Chief United States District Court Judge.

The defendant shall have fourteen (14) days to file any objections to this recommendation pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 72(b), or waive the opportunity to do so.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendant is remanded to the custody of United States Marshal pending further order of the Court.