Opinion
CR 24-19-M-DLC
06-26-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SCOTT GILBERT APGAR, Defendant.
ORDER
Dana L. Christensen, District Judge United States District Court
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto's Findings & Recommendation Concerning Plea. (Doc. 34.) Because neither party objected, they are not entitled to de novo review. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). Therefore, the Court reviews 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).
Defendant Scott Gilbert Apgar is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (Count 1), as set forth in the Superseding Information. (Doc. 25.) Judge DeSoto recommends that this Court accept Apgar's guilty plea as to Count 1 after Apgar appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. The Court finds no clear error in Judge DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation and adopts 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 Judge DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 34) is ADOPTED in full.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Apgar's motion to change plea (Doc. 27) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Apgar is adjudged guilty as charged in Count 1 of the Superseding Information.