Order Regarding Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation Concerning Defendant’s Guilty Plea — United States v. Robertson (Dkt. 19, N.D. Iowa)

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An order of U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams in United States v. Dannish Dontreal Robertson, No. 1:21-cr-00009, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, filed June 7, 2021 as Document 19. It recounts that a one-count Indictment was filed on February 17, 2021 and that the defendant pleaded guilty to count one before Magistrate Judge Mark A. Roberts on May 21, 2021, who recommended that the plea be accepted. The order notes that the parties filed no objections and sets out the standard of review under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 59(b). Finding the magistrate judge's findings not clearly erroneous, the court accepts the Report and Recommendation and the plea of guilty to count one.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                  FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA
                         CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                Plaintiff,                            No. 21-CR-9 CJW-MAR
 vs.                              ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE
                                        JUDGE’S REPORT AND
 DANNISH DONTREAL ROBERTSON,
                                         RECOMMENDATION
           Defendant.               CONCERNING DEFENDANT’S
                                           GUILTY PLEA
                      ____________________

                   I.        INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
       On February 17, 2021, a one-count Indictment was filed against defendant. On
May 21, 2021, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A.
Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to count one of the Indictment. On May 21, 2021,
Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) in which he recommended
that defendant’s guilty plea be accepted. The parties did not file objections to Judge
Roberts’ R&R. The Court, therefore, undertakes the necessary review of Judge Roberts’
recommendation to accept defendant’s plea in this case.
                                   II.    ANALYSIS
       Under the statute, this Court’s standard of review for a magistrate judge’s R&R is
as follows:
       A judge of the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions
       of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which
       objection is made. A judge of the court may accept, reject, or modify, in
       whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate
       judge.

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C).
       When parties do not object to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation,
the Court reviews the report and recommendation for clear error.           28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1)(A). Similarly, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 59(b) provides for review

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of a magistrate judge’s R&R on dispositive motions, where objections are made, as
follows:
       The district judge must consider de novo any objection to the magistrate
       judge’s recommendation. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify
       the recommendation, receive further evidence, or resubmit the matter to the
       magistrate judge with instructions.

FED. R. CRIM. P. 59(b)(3). 1P0F




       In this case, the parties filed no objections, and it appears to the Court upon review
that Judge Roberts’ findings and conclusions are not clearly erroneous. Therefore, the
Court ACCEPTS Judge Roberts’ R&R of May 21, 2021, and ACCEPTS defendant’s
plea of guilty in this case to count one of the Indictment.
       IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of June, 2021.



                                          _________________________
                                          C.J. Williams
                                          United States District Judge
                                          Northern District of Iowa




1
   United States v. Cortez-Hernandez, 673 F. App’x 587, 590-91 (8th Cir. 2016) (per curiam),
suggests that a defendant may have the right to de novo review of a magistrate judge’s
recommendation to accept a plea of guilty even if no objection is filed.



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