Order Adopting — No. 6:24-cr-00083 (Dkt. 19, E.D. Ky.)

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Order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in United States v. Joshua Daniel Pennington, case 6:24-cr-00083, Document 19, dated January 21, 2025, adopting Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram's recommendation of acceptance of guilty plea (R. 17). No party objected, and the defendant had consented to plead before the magistrate judge. The court adjudges Pennington guilty of Count 1 of the Information and the forfeiture allegation, cancels the jury trial and other pretrial proceedings, and states that a sentencing order will follow.

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  Case: 6:24-cr-00083-CHB-HAI             Doc #: 19 Filed: 01/21/25           Page: 1 of 2 - Page
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                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
                                  SOUTHERN DIVISION
                                       (at London)

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                         )
                                                   )
         Plaintiff,                                ) Criminal Action No. 6:24-CR-083-CHB-1
 v.                                                )
                                                   )          ORDER ADOPTING
 JOSHUA DANIEL PENNINGTON,                         )       RECOMMENDATION OF
                                                   )  ACCEPTANCE       OF GUILTY PLEA
                                                   )
         Defendant.                                )


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        This matter is before the Court on the Recommendation of Acceptance of Guilty Plea

filed by United States Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram, [R. 17]. The recommendation

instructed the parties to file any specific written objections within three (3) of filing of the

recommendation or else waive the right to further review. See id. at 3. Neither party has objected

to Magistrate Judge Ingram’s recommendation, and the time to do so has now passed. Defendant

Pennington did file a consent to plead before the United States Magistrate Judge. [R.16].

        Upon review, the Court is satisfied that Defendant Joshua Daniel Pennington knowingly

and competently pled guilty to the charged offense and that an adequate factual basis supports

the plea as to each essential element of the offense charged. Accordingly, and the Court being

otherwise sufficiently advised,

        IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

        1.       Judge Ingram’s Recommendation of Acceptance of Guilty Plea, [R. 17], is

ADOPTED as and for the opinion of this Court;

        2.       Defendant Joshua Daniel Pennington is ADJUDGED guilty of Count 1 of the

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Information and the forfeiture allegation;

       3.       The Defendant’s Jury Trial and all other pre-trial proceedings are hereby

CANCELLED and STRICKEN from the Court’s docket; and

       4.       A Sentencing Order shall be entered promptly.

       This the 21st day of January 2025.




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