Filed: Oct. 12, 2018
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Summary: ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA C.J. WILLIAMS , District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On August 7, 2018, a two-count Indictment was filed against defendant. On September 25, 2018, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to counts one and two of the Indictment. On September 27, 2018, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that defen
Summary: ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA C.J. WILLIAMS , District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On August 7, 2018, a two-count Indictment was filed against defendant. On September 25, 2018, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to counts one and two of the Indictment. On September 27, 2018, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that defend..
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ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA
C.J. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
On August 7, 2018, a two-count Indictment was filed against defendant. On September 25, 2018, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to counts one and two of the Indictment. On September 27, 2018, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that defendant's guilty plea be accepted. No objections to Judge Roberts' Report and Recommendation were filed. The Court, therefore, undertakes the necessary review of Judge Roberts' 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)(C). Where no objection has been made to a magistrate's report and recommendation, the Court reviews the magistrate's report and recommendation for clear error. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). 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' findings and conclusions that the findings and conclusions are not clearly erroneous. Therefore, the Court ACCEPTS Judge Roberts' Report and Recommendation of September 27, 2018, and ACCEPTS defendant's plea of guilty in this case to Counts one and two of the Indictment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
