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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 1:25-cr-20479-PCH 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
RUBEN GARCIA-SALAS, 
 
 Defendant. 
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ORDER ADOPTING AND AFFIRMING R&R AND  
ADJUDICATING DEFENDANT GUILTY 
 
THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis’s Report and 
Recommendation (“R&R”) on Change of Plea [ECF No. 22], which was entered on January 14, 
2026.  In the R&R, Magistrate Judge Louis found that the Defendant freely and voluntarily entered 
a plea of guilty as to Count 1 of the indictment, charging him with illegal reentry after removal, in 
violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).  
Magistrate Judge Louis recommends that this Court accept Defendant ’s guilty plea, that 
Defendant be adjudicated guilty as to Count 1 of the indictment, and that a sentencing hearing be 
conducted for final disposition of this matter. Magistrate Judge Louis advises that Counsel for both 
Parties indicated a preference to waive the preparation investigation report and  that the 
Government confirmed it will not oppose entry of a sentence to time -served. Accordingly, 
Magistrate Judge Louis does not recommend a pre-sentence investigation report at this time. 
The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R, no objections have been filed, and 
the time to file objections has expired.  Therefore, based on a de novo review of the evidence 
presented, it is hereby  
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ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that (1) Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R on Change of 
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  1 of the Indictment; and ( 3) a 
sentencing hearing is set for Friday, January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM before the Honorable Paul 
C. Huck, at 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 January 20, 2026.  
 
 
____________________________________ 
PAUL C. HUCK 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
Copies provided to:  
Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis 
Counsel of record 
 
 
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