Opinion
4:20-CR-00275-DGK-1
09-21-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL R. EARLEY, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND ACCEPTING DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA
GREG KAYS, JUDGE
On August 26, 2021, the Honorable Lajuana M. Counts, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, issued her Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 32, recommending that Defendant's guilty plea be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), as charged in Count Two of the Indictment.
Neither party objected 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 de novo the transcripts of the proceedings held before Judge Counts on August 25, 2021. In light of the evidence in the Record and the lack of objection from either party, the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and (1) accepts Defendant's plea of guilty and (2) finds Defendant guilty of the charged crime in Count Two of the Indictment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.