Opinion
CR 17-03-BU-DLC
07-27-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. STEPHEN MICHAEL BERRINGTON, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on July 12, 2017. 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 Stephen Michael Berrington's guilty plea after Berrington appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as set forth in the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 34), 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 Stephen Michael Berrington's motion to change plea (Doc. 26) is GRANTED and Stephen Michael Berrington is adjudged guilty as charged in the Indictment.
DATED this 27th day of July, 2017.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court