Opinion
CR 19-06-BU-DLC
06-26-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CARMELO ENRIQUE RUIZ-MORALES, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on June 11, 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 Lynch recommended this Court accept Carmelo Enrique Ruiz-Morales's guilty plea after Ruiz-Morales appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) as set forth in Count II of the Indictment. In exchange for Defendant's plea, the United States has agreed to dismiss Count I of the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 83), 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 Carmelo Enrique Ruiz-Morales's motion to change plea (Doc. 70) is GRANTED and Carmelo Enrique Ruiz-Morales is adjudged guilty as charged in Count II of the Indictment.
DATED this 26th day of June, 2019.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court