JUDGE SOLOMON OLIVER, JR. ORDER ACCEPTING PLEA AGREEMENT, JUDGMENT AND REFERRAL TO U.S. PROBATION OFFICE

SOLOMON OLIVER, JR., District Judge.

This case is before the Court on a Report and Recommendation filed by United States Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman, Jr., regarding the change of plea hearing of Deonne Gilbert, which was referred to the Magistrate Judge with the consent of the parties.

On January 29, 2019, the government filed a multi-defendant 95 count Indictment, charging Defendant Gilbert, in counts 1, 14, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 36, 47-78, 88, and 92-93, with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Controlled Cocaine, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. 21 § 846, Distribution of Cocaine Base (Crack), in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)( C), Maintaining a Drug Premises, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) and (b), and Use of a Communication Facility in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) and 18:2. Defendant was arraigned on March 7, 2019, and entered a plea of not guilty to counts 1, 14, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 36, 47-78, 88, and 92-93 of the Indictment, before Magistrate Judge Limbert. On February 4, 2020, Magistrate Judge Baughman received Defendant Gilbert's plea of guilty to count 1, 14 and 24 of the Indictment, and issued a Report and Recommendation ("R&R"), concerning whether the plea should be accepted and a finding of guilty entered.

Neither party submitted objections to the Magistrate Judge's R&R in the fourteen days after it was issued.

On de novo review of the record, the Magistrate Judge's R&R is adopted. Defendant Gilbert is found to be competent to enter a plea and to understand his constitutional rights. He is aware of the charges and of the consequences of entering a plea. There is an adequate factual basis for the plea. The court finds the plea was entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily. The plea agreement is approved.

Therefore, Defendant Deonne Gilbert is adjudged guilty to counts 1, 14 and 24 of the Indictment, in violation of Title 21 U. S. C. Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). This matter was referred to the U. S. Probation Department for the completion of a pre-sentence investigation and report. Sentencing will be on May 26, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 17A, Carl B. Stokes United States Court House, 801 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

IT IS SO ORDERED