Order — No. 6:26-cr-00020 (Dkt. 55, E.D. Ky.)

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An order in United States v. Tiffany Helton, No. 6:26-CR-20-REW-HAI-2, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Southern Division, London, filed June 9, 2026 as Doc 55 (2 pages). After Rule 11 proceedings (DE 52), Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the Court accept the defendant's guilty plea (DE 54), and no party objected within the three-day deadline. The Court adopts the recommendation, accepts the plea under the Plea Agreement (DE 51), adjudges her guilty of Count Three of the Indictment (DE 1), and states that it will issue a separate sentencing order.

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                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
                                  SOUTHERN DIVISION
                                        LONDON

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       )
                                                   )
          Plaintiff,                               )         No. 6:26-CR-20-REW-HAI-2
                                                   )
   v.                                              )
                                                   )                    ORDER
   TIFFANY HELTON,                                 )
                                                   )
          Defendant.                               )

                                         *** *** *** ***

        After conducting Rule 11 proceedings, see DE 52 (Minute Entry), United States Magistrate

Judge Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the undersigned accept Defendant Tiffany Helton’s

guilty plea and adjudge her guilty of Count Three of the Indictment (DE 1). See DE 54

(Recommendation); see also DE 51 (Plea Agreement). Judge Ingram expressly informed Helton

of her right to object to the recommendation and secure de novo review from the undersigned. See

DE 54 at 2-3. The established three-day objection deadline has passed, and no party has objected.

        The Court is not required to “review . . . a magistrate [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions,

under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.” Thomas v.

Arn, 106 S. Ct. 466, 472 (1985); see also Berkshire v. Dahl, 928 F.3d 520, 530 (6th Cir. 2019)

(noting that the Sixth Circuit has “long held that, when a defendant does ‘not raise an argument in

his objections to the magistrate [judge]’s report and recommendation . . . he has forfeited his right

to raise this issue on appeal.’” (quote brackets simplified) (quoting Kensu v. Haigh, 87 F.3d 172,

176 (6th Cir. 1996))); United States v. Olano, 113 S. Ct. 1770, 1777 (1993) (distinguishing waiver

and forfeiture); Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(2)–(3) (limiting de novo review duty to “any objection”
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filed); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (limiting de novo review duty to “those portions” of the

recommendation “to which objection is made”).

        The Court, with no objection from any party and on full review of the record, ORDERS

as follows:

     1. The Court ADOPTS DE 54, ACCEPTS Helton’s guilty plea, and ADJUDGES Helton

        guilty of Count Three of the Indictment.

     2. The Court will issue a separate sentencing order.1

        This the 9th day of June, 2026.




1
 At the hearing, Judge Ingram remanded Helton to custody. See DE 52. This was her status pretrial. See
DE 25. Absent an intervening order, Helton will remain in custody pending sentencing.
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