Opinion
CR 19-44-BLG-DLC
01-03-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. BRANDON J. BIGHAM, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on December 19, 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 Cavan recommended this Court accept Brandon J. Bigham's guilty plea after Bigham appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) as charged in the Superseding Information.
I find no clear error in Judge Cavan's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 114), and I adopt them in full.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Brandon J. Bigham's motion to change plea (Doc. 105) is GRANTED and Brandon J. Bigham is adjudged guilty as charged in the Superseding Information.
DATED this 3rd day of January, 2020.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court