USA v. Rabanales-Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
CASE NO. 1:25-cr-20517-PCH-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
JUAN CARLOS RABANALES-PEREZ,
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING AND AFFIRMING R&R
AND ADJUDICATING DEFENDANT GUILTY
THIS MATTER came before the Court upon Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis’s Report
and Recommendation (“R&R”) on Change of Plea [ECF No. 26], which was entered on January
23, 2026. In the R&R, Magistrate Judge Louis found that the Defendant Juan Carlos Rabanales-
Perez freely and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty as to Count One of the Indictment, which
charges him with illegal reentry after removal in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections
1326(a) and 1326(b)(1). Magistrate Judge Louis recommends that this Court accept Defendant’s
guilty plea, that Defendant be adjudicated guilty as to Count One of the Indictment filed in this
case, and that a sentencing hearing be conducted for final disposition of this matter. The Court has
reviewed Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R, and no objections to it have been filed. Therefore, based
on a de novo review of the evidence presented, it is:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that (1) Magistrate Judge Louis’s R&R on Change of
Plea is ADOPTED and AFFIRMED in its entirety; (2) the Court accepts Defendant’s plea of
guilty, and Defendant is hereby adjudged guilty as to Count One of the Indictment filed in this
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case; and (3) a sentencing hearing is set for Monday, April 27, 2026 at 12:00 p.m., before the
Honorable Paul C. Huck in the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse, 400 North
Miami Avenue, 13th Floor, Courtroom 13-2, Miami, Florida.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Miami, Florida on January 30, 2026.
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PAUL C. HUCK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Copies furnished to:
All Counsel of Record
United States Probation Office
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