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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
GREAT FALLS DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
 Plaintiff,
 vs.
 TITUS LEE PEDRAZA, 
 Defendant.
 CR-23-24-GF-BMM
 
ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
United States Magistrate Judge John Johnston entered Findings and
Recommendations in this matter on June 9, 2026. (Doc. 52.)
When a party makes no objections, the Court need not review de novo the
proposed Findings and Recommendations. Bad Old Man v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 153-
52 (1986). This Court will review Judge Johnston’s Findings and
Recommendations, however, for clear error. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v.
Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981).

Judge Johnston conducted an initial appearance on May 18, 2026. (Doc.
102.) The United States accused Titus Lee Pedraza (Pedraza) of violating the
conditions of his supervised release by: (1) testing positive for methamphetamine
on July 22, 2025, and admitting on August 7, 2025, to using methamphetamine
since the end of July; (2) testing positive for methamphetamine on July 29, 2025,
and admitting to using methamphetamine since the end of July; (3) admitting using
methamphetamine on August 6, 2026; (4) testing positive for methamphetamine on
August 12, 2025; (5) testing positive for methamphetamine on August 14, 2025; (6)
failing to answer his door when his probation officer visited his home on December
17, 2025, December 20, 2025, January 19; 2026, January 20, 2026, and January 21,
2026; and (7) failing to provide his probation officer with a new proposed address
in January of 2026. (Docs. 35 and 44.)
At the revocation hearings, Pedraza admitted that he had violated condition 
of his supervised release in allegations
 1-7 as set forth in the Amended Petition.
(Doc. 51.)
Judge Johnston recom
mended a sentence of time served, with supervised 
release to follow until June 13, 2026, at which time his supervised release shall 
terminate. (Doc. 52.) The 
Court advised Pedraza of his right to appeal and to 
allocute before the undersigned. He
 waived those rights. (Doc. 51.) 

The violations Pedraza admitted proves serious and warrant revocation of
his supervised release. The Court finds no clear error in Judge Johnston’s Findings
and Recommendations. 
 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Judge Johnston’s Findings and
Recommendations (Doc. 52) are ADOPTED IN FULL. IT IS FURTHER
ORDERED that Titus Lee Pedraza be sentenced for a term of time served, with
his supervised release to terminate on June 13, 2026.
DATED this 12th day of June 2026.

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