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U.S. v. COAKLEY, CR 15-06-M-DLC. (2015)

Court: District Court, D. Montana Number: infdco20151013c51 Visitors: 18
Filed: Oct. 09, 2015
Latest Update: Oct. 09, 2015
Summary: ORDER DANA L. CHRISTENSEN , Chief District Judge . United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on September 23, 2015. Neither party objected and therefore they are not entitled to de novo review of the record. 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 , 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). This Court will review the Findings and Recommendation for clear error. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656
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ORDER

United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on September 23, 2015. Neither party objected and therefore they are not entitled to de novo review of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). This Court will review the Findings and Recommendation for clear error. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981). Clear error exists if the Court is left with a "definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. Syrax, 235 F.3d 422, 427 (9th Cir. 2000).

Judge Lynch recommended this Court accept Stephon Elijah Coakley's guilty plea after Coakley appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count I), as set forth in the Indictment. In exchange for Defendant's plea, the United States has agreed to dismiss Count II of the Indictment.

I find no clear error in Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 121), and I adopt them in full, including the recommendation to defer acceptance of the Plea Agreement until sentencing when the Court will have reviewed the Plea Agreement and Presentence Investigation Report.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Stephon Elijah Coakley's motion to change plea (Doc. 82) is GRANTED and Stephon Elijah Coakley is adjudged guilty as charged in Count I of the Indictment.

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