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U.S. v. GOODRICH, 09-00353-10-CR-W-ODS. (2012)

Court: District Court, W.D. Missouri Number: infdco20120229a81 Visitors: 30
Filed: Feb. 29, 2012
Latest Update: Feb. 29, 2012
Summary: ORDER (1) ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS AND (2) DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ORTRIE D. SMITH, Senior District Judge. 1. On February 10, 2012, the Honorable Sarah W. Hays, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, issued her Report and Recommendation ("the Report") recommending that Defendant's motions to suppress be denied. Neither party filed objections to the Report and Recommendation, an
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ORDER (1) ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS AND (2) DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

ORTRIE D. SMITH, Senior District Judge.

1. On February 10, 2012, the Honorable Sarah W. Hays, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, issued her Report and Recommendation ("the Report") recommending that Defendant's motions to suppress be denied. Neither party filed objections to the Report and Recommendation, and the time for doing so has passed. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Local Rule 74.1(a)(2). The Court has also reviewed the matter de novo and concurs with the Report's conclusions. Accordingly, the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 415) and denies the motions to suppress (Doc. Nos. 382, 383, 389, and 390).

2. On February 16, 2012, Defendant filed a Notice of Filing that seeks dismissal of the charges against him. Defendant argues 18 U.S.C. § 3231 — the statute giving district courts jurisdiction to hear cases involving "offenses against the laws of the United States" — was not validly enacted. This argument has been uniformly rejected by every court to consider it. E.g., United States v. Farmer, 583 F.3d 131, 151-52 (2d Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 130 S.Ct. 2365 (2010); Wolford v. United States, 362 Fed. Appx. 231 (3d Cir. 2010); United States v. Risquet, 426 F.Supp.2d 310, 311-12 (E.D. Pa. 2006). The Court joins the many other that have rejected this argument IT IS SO ORDERED.

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