Opinion
CR 19-31-BLG-DLC
06-27-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. KRISTOPHER MICHAEL LAWSON, Defendant.
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on June 12, 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 Kristopher Michael Lawson's guilty plea after Lawson appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered a plea of guilty to crime of prohibited person in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) as charged in the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge Cavan's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 23), and I adopt them in full.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Kristopher Michael Lawson's motion to change plea (Doc. 17) is GRANTED and Kristopher Michael Lawson is adjudged guilty as charged in the Indictment.
DATED this 27th day of June, 2019.
/s/_________
Dana L. Christensen, Chief District Judge
United States District Court