Opinion
CR 19-55-M-DLC
02-14-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. GUY MURRAY CULLIGAN, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on January 30, 2020. 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 Guy Murray Culligan's guilty plea after Culligan appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of malicious use of explosive material in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), as set forth in the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 31), 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 Guy Murray Culligan's motion to change plea (Doc. 22) is GRANTED and Guy Murray Culligan is adjudged guilty as charged in the Indictment.
DATED this 14th day of February, 2020.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court