Opinion
CR 11-5-M-DWM.
April 18, 2011
ORDER
United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered Findings and Recommendation in this matter on March 24, 2011. 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 Lynch recommended this Court accept Calvin Skelton's guilty plea after Skelton appeared before him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, and entered his plea of guilty to one count of the use of a firearm during a crime of violence (Count II), and one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine (Count III) as set forth in the Indictment. In exchange for Defendant's plea, the United States has agreed to dismiss Count I of the Indictment.
I find no clear error in Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendation (dkt # 22), 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 HEREBY ORDERED that Calvin Skelton's motion to change plea (dkt # 15) is GRANTED.