Opinion
CR 21-20-BU-DLC
10-18-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MAX DUDLEY STILSON, Defendant.
ORDER
Dana L. Christensen, District Judge United States District Court
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto's Findings & Recommendation Concerning Plea. (Doc. 87.) Because neither party objected, they are not entitled to de novo review. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). Therefore, the Court reviews the Findings and Recommendation for clear error. McDonnel 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).
Mr. Stilson is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count I) and one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C., § 841(a)(1) (Count II). (Doc. 2.) Judge DeSoto recommends that this Court accept Mr. Stilson's guilty plea as to Count II after he appeared before her pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. 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 Judge DeSoto's Findings and Recommendation (Doc. 87) is ADOPTED in full.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Stilson's motion to change plea (Doc. 64) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Stilson is adjudged guilty as charged in Count II of the Indictment.