Opinion
CR 17-08-BU-DLC
08-10-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. TERRY GENE WATSON, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on July 26, 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 Terry Gene Watson's guilty plea after Watson appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of robbery involving controlled substances in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2118(c)(1) (Count I), and one count of felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (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. 25), 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 Terry Gene Watson's motion to change plea (Doc. 17) is GRANTED and Terry Gene Watson is adjudged guilty as charged in Counts I and III of the Indictment.
DATED this 10th day of August, 2017.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court