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U.S. v. Walsh, CR 18-17-BU-DLC. (2018)

Court: District Court, D. Montana Number: infdco20181127b04 Visitors: 11
Filed: Nov. 26, 2018
Latest Update: Nov. 26, 2018
Summary: ORDER DANA L. CHRISTENSEN , Chief District Judge . United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on October 31, 2018. 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
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ORDER

United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on October 31, 2018. 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 Joseph Patrick Walsh's guilty plea after Walsh appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (Count I) and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(I) (Count III) 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. 26), 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 Joseph Patrick Walsh's motion to change plea (Doc. 19) is GRANTED and Joseph Patrick Walsh is adjudged guilty as charged in Counts I and III of the Indictment.

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