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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA 
 
United States of America, 
 
  Plaintiff, 
        
v .        C a s e  N o . 22-cr-332 (JNE/ECW) 
       O R D E R  
1. Charles Edward Legon and 
2. Donte Lavell Devers, 
 
  Defendants. 
 
The Honorable Elizabeth Cowan Wright, United States Magistrate Judge, 
recommended that Defendant Legon’s motion to dismiss be denied and that Defendant 
Devers’s motions to dismiss, motion to suppress, and request for a Franks hearing be 
denied.  Defendant Legon filed late objections.  He acknowledged that “binding Eighth 
Circuit precedent . . . forecloses the relief sought.”  The Court has conducted a de novo 
review of the record.  See Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(3).  Based on that review, the Court 
overrules the objections and accepts the recommended disposition [Docket No. 261].
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The case was scheduled for trial starting in March 2026.  After the Court 
continued the trial, the government moved for a status conference to set a trial date.  The 
Court directed the parties to confer and to submit proposed trial dates.  By email, the 
parties responded.  The Court has scheduled the case for trial starting on August 10, 
2026.  The government’s motion for a status conference to set a trial date is denied as 
 
1 An attorney who had represented Defendant  Devers filed cursory objections.  The 
objections were filed after the attorney’s motion to withdraw was granted.  The Court 
afforded subsequently appointed counsel an opportunity to file objections. 
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moot.  The parties’ motions submitted in anticipation of the March 2026 trial are denied 
without prejudice to their renewal at an appropriate time. 
Based on the files, records, and proceedings herein, and for the reasons stated 
above, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 
1. Defendant Devers’s motion to suppress [Docket No. 117] and request for a 
Franks hearing [Docket No. 214] are DENIED. 
2. Defendant Devers’s motion to dismiss [Docket No. 145] is DENIED. 
3. Defendant Legon’s motion to dismiss [Docket No. 217] is DENIED. 
4. Defendant Devers’s motion to dismiss [Docket No. 220] is DENIED. 
5. The parties’ motions [Docket Nos. 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 
317, 318, 325, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 340 & 342] 
submitted in anticipation of the March 2026 trial are DENIED without 
prejudice. 
6. The government’s motion for a status conference [Docket No. 371] is 
DENIED as moot. 
Dated: June 12, 2026 
s/Joan N. Ericksen  
JOAN N. ERICKSEN 
United States District Judge 
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