USA v. Featherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
vs.
EUGENE LEON FEATHERMAN,
Defendant.
3:21-CR-30090-RAL
3:18-CR-30142-RAL
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ON DEFENDANT'S CHANGE OF PLEA
AND ADMISSIONS TO SUPERVISED
RELEASE REVOCATION PETITION
The above-captioned matter came on before the Court for hearing on Thursday,
January 20, 2022. Defendant, Eugene Leon Featherman, appeared in person and by his
counsel, Randall Turner, while Plaintiff, United States of America ("Government")
appeared through Troy Morley, an Assistant United States Attorney.
Defendant consented in open court to the Court taking his change of plea and his
consent was knowingly and voluntarily made. The Government likewise consented to
the Court taking Defendant’s plea.
Defendant has reached a plea agreement with the Government wherein he intends
to plead guilty to Count 2 as contained in the Superseding Indictment. 	Defendant is
charged in Count 2 of the Superseding Indictment with Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2250(a) . At the hearing, Defendant was advised of
the nature of the charge to which he would plead guilty and the maximum penalty
applicable, specifically: 	10 years custody; 250,000 fine, or both; 	5 years up to life
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supervised release; 2 additional years imprisonment if supervised release is revoked on
any such revocation; $100 assessment; and restitution.
Upon questioning Defendant personally in open court, it is the finding of the Court
that Defendant is fully competent and capable of entering an informed plea, that he is
aware of the nature of the charged offense and the consequences of the plea, and that his
plea of guilty to the offense contained in Count 2 of the Superseding Indictment is a
knowing and voluntary plea supported by an independent basis in fact containing each
of the essential elements of the offense. It is, therefore, the Court's recommendation that
the guilty plea to Count 2 of the Superseding Indictment be accepted and that Defendant
be adjudged guilty of that offense.
Defendant thereafter admitted that he had previously been placed on supervised
release, that the allegations set forth in Paragraphs 3 & 4 	of the Amended Petition to
Revoke Supervised Release, Docket No. 56, were true and that he had violated the terms
and conditions of his supervised release. After examining Defendant, the Court found
that his admissions were knowingly and voluntarily made and that a factual basis existed
for the same. Based on the foregoing, the Court
RECOMMENDS that Defendant's admissions be accepted, that his supervised
release be revoked and that a dispositional hearing be held pursuant to 18 U.S.C. '3583(e).
The parties having waived their right to object to this report and recommendation
and there being no objection from Defendant or counsel, it is hereby
ORDERED that a combined presentence investigation report shall be forthwith
prepared by the United States Probation Office. It is further
ORDERED 	that 	Defendant 	shall 	remain 	detained 	pending 	a 	joint
sentencing/dispositional hearing before the District Court or until further order of a
judicial officer of this District.
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DATED this 20th day of January, 2022.
BY THE COURT:
MARK A. MORENO
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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