Opinion
CR 19-11-BU-DLC
09-24-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. AARON MATTHEW MANNING, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on September 4, 2019. 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 DeSoto recommended this Court accept Aaron Matthew Manning's guilty plea after Manning appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to two counts of distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) as set forth in Counts I and II of the Indictment. Defendant further admits to the forfeiture allegation in the Indictment. In exchange for Defendant's plea, the United States has agreed to dismiss Counts III, IV, and V of the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 36), 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 Aaron Matthew Manning's motion to change plea (Doc. 24) is GRANTED and Aaron Matthew Manning is adjudged guilty as charged in Counts I and II of the Indictment.
DATED this 24th day of September, 2019.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court