USA v. Lumbus, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHO
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 	) 	Case No. 1:23-cr-00585-DAR-8
)
Plaintiff, 	) 	Judge David A. Ruiz
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vs. 	) 	REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
) 	OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Wanda Ward, 	)
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Defendant. 	) 	Magistrate Judge Jonathan D. Greenberg
)
Pursuant to General Order 99-49, this matter was been referred to the undersigned United States
Magistrate Judge for the purpose of receiving, after consent, the Defendant’s plea of guilty. The
following, along with the transcript or other record of the proceedings submitted herewith, constitutes
this Court’s Report and Recommendation concerning the Defendant’s plea of guilty:
1. 	On 	October 	22, 	2025, 	the 	Defendant, 	accompanied 	by 	counsel,
proffered a plea of guilty;
2. 	The Defendant was examined as to their competency to participate in a
plea proceeding and was found to be competent;
3. 	The Defendant acknowledged understanding the nature of the charges
contained in the indictment and the maximum possible sentence
consequent thereto;
4. 	The Defendant was advised of their rights to tender a plea of not guilty
or stand upon such a plea previously entered, to trial, to representation
by 	counsel, 	including 	appointed 	counsel, 	at 	all 	stages 	of 	the
proceedings, to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses, to
present witnesses and to compel their presence, to compel production
of exhibits or documents for trial on his behalf, to stand upon or waive
the 	privilege 	against 	self-incrimination, 	and 	acknowledged
understanding that if a plea of guilty was accepted each of those rights
would be waived;
5. 	The Defendant was advised that the government would have the right, in
a prosecution for perjury, to use any statement they make under oath;
6. 	The parties provided the undersigned with sufficient information about
the charged offenses and the Defendant’s conduct to establish a factual
basis for the plea; and,
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7. 	The undersigned questioned the Defendant under oath about the
knowing, intelligent, and voluntary nature of the plea of guilty, and finds
that the Defendant’s plea was offered knowingly, intelligently, and
voluntarily.
In light of the foregoing and the record submitted herewith, the undersigned finds that all
requirements imposed by the United States Constitution and Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 have been satisfied.
Therefore, the undersigned recommends that the plea of guilty be accepted and a finding of guilty be
entered by the Court.
s/Jonathan D. Greenberg
Jonathan D. Greenberg
United States Magistrate Judge
Date: October 22, 2025
ANY OBJECTIONS to this Report and Recommendation must be filed with the Clerk of Court
within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation. Failure
to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. See,
United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947 (6th Cir. 1981). See also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985),
reh’g denied, 474 U.S. 1111 (1986).
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