USA v. Saez Dorta, et al

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Case 1:21-cr-20324-JEM Document 396 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/25/2026 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 21-20324-CR-MARTINEZ
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
V.
CARLOS RAFAEL SAEZ DORTA and VERONICA RAMOS HERNANDEZ,
Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS CAUSE was referred to the Honorable Eduardo I. Sanchez, United States Magistrate Judge, for a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") on Defendants' Substituted (Corrected/Clarifying and Amended) Joint Motion for New Trial ... and Request for Evidentiary Hearing [ECF No. 325] ("Joint Motion"). (See [ECF No. 334). Judge Sanchez filed an R&R [ECF No. 393], recommending that Defendants' Joint Motion be denied, and Defendants filed Objections [ECF No. 395].
The Court has a duty to "make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). The Court also may "accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." Id. Having conducted a de novo review of the Joint Motion; Defendants' Supplement to the Joint Motion [ECF No. 337]; the issues presented in Defendants' Objections [ECF No. 395]; the Government's Responses [ECF Nos. 327, 338]; the entire record; and relevant law, the Court has reached an independent conclusion that the R&R should be adopted and approved. The Court agrees with Judge Sanchez that Defendants fail to meet the standard for a new trial under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 and fail to show that discovery or an evidentiary hearing is warranted.
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Case 1:21-cr-20324-JEM Document 396 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/25/2026 Page 2 of 2

CASE NO. 21-20324-CR-MARTINEZ

Accordingly, after careful consideration, it is hereby ADJUDGED that Defendants’

Objections [ECF No. 395] are OVERRULED. Judge Sanchez’s R&R [ECF No. 393] is
AFFIRMED and ADOPTED, and Defendants’ Joint Motion [ECF No. 325] is DENIED.

DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this aS day of February 2026.

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JOSE ]. MARTINEZ
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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