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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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versus ' NO. 1:25-CR-100
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VICENTE GERARDO-CRUZ ' 
ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDATION 
ON DEFENDANT’S GUILTY PLEA 
The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate 
Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure. Judge Hawthorn conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by Federal 
Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and issued his Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty 
Plea Before the United States Magistrate Judge. The magistrate judge recommended that the 
court accept the Defendant’s guilty plea. He further recommended that the court adjudge the 
Defendant guilty on Count One of the Indictment filed against the Defendant. 
The parties have not objected to the magistrate judge’s findings. The court ORDERS 
that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea of the United States Magistrate 
Judge are ADOPTED. The court accepts the Defendant’s plea but defers acceptance of the plea 
agreement until after review of the presentence report. 
 It is further ORDERED that, in accordance with the Defendant’s guilty plea and 
the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation, the Defendant, Vicente Gerardo-Cruz, is PageID #: 
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adjudged guilty as to Count One of the Indictment charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) 
(Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm). 
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MARCIA A. CRONE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SIGNED at Beaumont, Texas, this 18th day of June, 2026. PageID #: 
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