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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
LONDON 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
          Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
LUIS AMILCAR RUIZ-MEJIA, 
 
          Defendant. 
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No. 6:25-cr-48-REW-HAI-2 
 
 
ORDER 
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After conducting Rule 11 proceedings, see DE 106 (Minute Entry), United States Magistrate Judge 
Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the undersigned accept Defendant Luis Amilcar R uiz-Mejia’s guilty 
plea and adjudge him guilty of the sole count of the Indictment (DE 1).  See DE 107 (Recommendation); 
see also DE 104 (Plea Agreement).  Judge Ingram expressly informed Ruiz-Mejia of his right to object to 
the recommendation and secure de novo review from the undersigned.  See DE 107 at 2-3.  The established 
three-day objection deadline has passed, and no party has objected.  
The Court is not required to “review . . . a magistrate [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions, under 
a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”  Thomas v. Arn, 106 S. Ct. 
466, 472 (1985); see also Berkshire v. Dahl, 928 F.3d 520, 530 (6th Cir. 2019) (noting that the Sixth Circuit 
has “long held that, when a defendant does ‘not raise an argument in his objections to the magistrate 
[judge]’s report and recommendation . . . he has forfeited his right to raise this issue on appeal’” (quote 
brackets simplified) (quoting Kensu v. Haigh, 87 F.3d 172, 176 (6th Cir. 1996))); United States v. Olano, 
113 S. Ct. 1770, 1777 (1993) (distinguishing waiver and forfeiture); FED. R. CRIM. P. 59(b)(2)–(3) (limiting 
de novo review duty to “any objection” filed); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (limiting de novo review duty to “those 
portions” of the recommendation “to which objection is made”).  
The Court, with no objection from any party and on full review of the record, ORDERS as follows:  
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1. The Court ADOPTS DE 107, ACCEPTS Ruiz-Mejia’s guilty plea, and ADJUDGES Ruiz-Mejia 
guilty of the sole count of the Indictment.  
2. The Court will issue a separate sentencing order.1 
This the 16th day of June, 2026.  
  
  
 
 
 
1 Ruiz-Mejia was remanded to custody post -plea, which preserved his status following arraignment.  See 
DE 40; DE 106.  As such, Ruiz -Mejia will remain in custody pending sentencing, subject to intervening 
orders. 
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