Opinion
CR 21-30-M-DWM
10-22-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. TAIT WILLIAM HUMBLE, Defendant.
ORDER
DONALD W MOLLOY DISTRICT JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on October 7, 2021. 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 Tait William Humble's guilty plea after Humble appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered his plea of guilty to one count of unlawful taking of firearms from a licensed firearm dealer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(u) (Count I), as set forth in the Indictment filed against him. 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 DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 23), 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 Tait William Humble's motion to change plea (Doc. 14) is GRANTED. Tait William Humble is adjudged guilty as charged in Count I of the Indictment.