USA v. Vindel-Tejeda

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION
CASE NO. 25-80170-CR-CANNON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
ARNOLDO NOEL VINDEL-TEJEDA,
Defendant.
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ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation issued by
Magistrate Judge Ryon M. McCabe following Change of Plea Hearing [ECF No. 23]. 	On
December 15, 2025, Magistrate Judge McCabe held a Change of Plea hearing [ECF No. 21] during
which Defendant pled guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment [ECF No. 3] pursuant to a stipulated
factual proffer [ECF No. 22]. Magistrate Judge McCabe thereafter issued a Report recommending
that the Court accept Defendant’s guilty plea to Count 1, that the Court find Defendant to have
freely and voluntarily entered his guilty plea, and that the Court adjudicate him guilty of the
offenses [ECF No. 3]. 	No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time to do so has
expired.
The Court has conducted a review of the record and finds no error in the Report. Therefore,
it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. 	The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 23] is ACCEPTED.
2. 	The guilty plea entered by Defendant Arnoldo Noel Vindel-Tejeda as to Count 1 of
the Indictment is ACCEPTED.
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3. 	Defendant Arnoldo Noel Vindel-Tejeda is adjudicated guilty of Count 1 of the
Indictment, which charges Defendant with Illegal Reentry After Removal, in violation
of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) [ECF No. 3].
ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, Florida, this 18th day of February 2026.
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AILEEN M. CANNON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: 	counsel of record
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