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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 0:25-cr-60310-PCH 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  
 
 Plaintiff,  
  
v. 
 
MARIA JIMENEZ,  
  
Defendant. 
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ORDER ADOPTING AND AFFIRMING R&R  
AND ADJUDICATING DEFENDANT GUILTY 
 
THIS MATTER came before the Court upon Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis’s Report 
and Recommendation (“R&R”) on Change of Plea [ECF No. 29] , which was entered on March  
11, 2026.  In the R&R, Magistrate Judge Louis found that the Defendant Maria Jimenez freely and 
voluntarily entered a plea of guilty as to the sole Count of the Indictment,1 which charges her with 
possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. sections 
841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii). Magistrate Judge Louis recommends that this Court accept 
Defendant’s guilty plea, that Defendant be adjudicated guilty as to the sole Count of the Indictment 
filed in this case, and that a sentencing hearing be conducted for final disposition of this matter. 
The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R, and no objections to it have been filed.  
Therefore, based on a de novo review of the evidence presented, it is:  
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that (1) Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R on Change of 
 
1 The Court notes that the Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 29] contains a typographical error at ¶ 7 referencing 
“Counts One through Six of the Indictment.” This is a scrivener’s error. The Indictment in this case contains a single 
count, Count One, charging the Defendant with possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance in 
violation of 21 U.S.C. sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii) . See ECF No. 13 . The rest of the Report and 
Recommendation is accurate as to the sole count in the Indictment. 
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Plea is ADOPTED and AFFIRMED in its entirety ; (2) the Court accepts Defendant’s plea of 
guilty, and Defendant is hereby adjudged guilty as to Count One of the Indictment filed in this 
case; and (3) a sentencing hearing is set for Monday, June 1, 2026 at 11:30 a.m., before the 
Honorable Paul C. Huck in the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse, 400 North 
Miami Avenue, 13th Floor, Courtroom 13-2, Miami, Florida. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida on March 16, 2026. 
 
 
        
 
_______________________________ 
PAUL C. HUCK 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
   
Copies furnished to: 
All Counsel of Record 
United States Probation Office 
 
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