Opinion
CR 19-27-BU-DLC
06-11-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. DUANE ANDREW JONES, Defendant.
ORDER
Dana L. Christensen, District Judge United States District Court
United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto entered Findings and Recommendations in this matter on September 3, 2020. (Doc. 75.) Neither party objects, and so the Court will review for clear error. United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985). 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) (citations omitted).
Judge DeSoto recommended this Court accept Duane Andrew Jones's guilty plea after he appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to one count of false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A) (Count II), as set forth in the Indictment.
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 the Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 75) is ADOPTED in full. Jones's motion to change plea (Doc. 66) is GRANTED and he is adjudged guilty as charged in Count II of the Indictment.