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United States v. Myers, 17-CR-2042-LRR. (2019)

Court: District Court, N.D. Iowa Number: infdco20190807956 Visitors: 4
Filed: Aug. 06, 2019
Latest Update: Aug. 06, 2019
Summary: ORDER LINDA R. READE , District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On July 10, 2017, a one-count Indictment with forfeiture allegation was filed against Defendant Jeffrey Myers. On July 22, 2019, Defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A. Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment. On the same date, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that Defendant's guilty plea be accepted. No objections to Judge Robert
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ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

On July 10, 2017, a one-count Indictment with forfeiture allegation was filed against Defendant Jeffrey Myers. On July 22, 2019, Defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A. Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment. On the same date, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that Defendant's guilty plea be accepted. No objections to Judge Roberts's Report and Recommendation were filed. The court, therefore, undertakes the necessary review of Judge Roberts's recommendation to accept Defendant's plea in this case.

II. ANALYSIS

Pursuant to statute, this court's standard of review for a magistrate judge's report and recommendation is as follows:

A judge of the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made. A judge of the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Similarly, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 59(b) provides for review of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation on dispositive motions, where objections are made, as follows:

The district judge must consider de novo any objection to the magistrate judge's recommendation. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommendation, receive further evidence, or resubmit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.

Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(3).1

In this case, no objections have been filed, and it appears to the court upon review of Judge Roberts's findings and conclusions that there is no ground to reject or modify them. Therefore, the court ACCEPTS Judge Roberts's Report and Recommendation of July 22, 2019, and ACCEPTS Defendant's plea of guilty in this case to Count 1 of the Indictment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

FootNotes


1. United States v. Cortez-Hernandez, 673 App'x 587, 590-91 (8th Cir. 2016) (per curiam), suggests that a defendant may have the right to de novo review of a magistrate judge's recommendation to accept a plea of guilty even if no objection is filed. But see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b). The district judge will undertake de novo review of the Report and Recommendation if a written request for such review is filed within fourteen days after this order is filed.
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