Order — No. 6:26-cr-00020 (Dkt. 40, E.D. Ky.)

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An order in United States v. Robert Dale Conley, No. 6:26-CR-20-REW-HAI-1, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Southern Division, London, filed March 26, 2026 as Doc 40 (2 pages). After Rule 11 proceedings (DE 38), Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the Court accept the defendant's guilty plea (DE 39), and no party objected within the three-day deadline. The Court adopts the recommendation, accepts the plea under the Plea Agreement (DE 36), adjudges him guilty of Count Two of the Indictment (DE 1), and states that it will issue a separate sentencing order.

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  Case: 6:26-cr-00020-REW-HAI             Doc #: 40 Filed: 03/26/26           Page: 1 of 2 - Page
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                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
                                  SOUTHERN DIVISION
                                        LONDON

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       )
                                                   )
          Plaintiff,                               )         No. 6:26-CR-20-REW-HAI-1
                                                   )
   v.                                              )
                                                   )                    ORDER
   ROBERT DALE CONLEY,                             )
                                                   )
          Defendant.                               )

                                         *** *** *** ***

        After conducting Rule 11 proceedings, see DE 38 (Minute Entry), United States Magistrate

Judge Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the undersigned accept Defendant Robert Dale

Conley’s guilty plea and adjudge him guilty of Count Two of the Indictment (DE 1). See DE 39

(Recommendation); see also DE 36 (Plea Agreement). Judge Ingram expressly informed Conley

of his right to object to the recommendation and secure de novo review from the undersigned. See

DE 39 at 2-3. The established three-day objection deadline has passed, and no party has objected.

        The Court is not required to “review . . . a magistrate [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions,

under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.” Thomas v.

Arn, 106 S. Ct. 466, 472 (1985); see also Berkshire v. Dahl, 928 F.3d 520, 530 (6th Cir. 2019)

(noting that the Sixth Circuit has “long held that, when a defendant does ‘not raise an argument in

his objections to the magistrate [judge]’s report and recommendation . . . he has forfeited his right

to raise this issue on appeal.’” (quote brackets simplified) (quoting Kensu v. Haigh, 87 F.3d 172,

176 (6th Cir. 1996))); United States v. Olano, 113 S. Ct. 1770, 1777 (1993) (distinguishing waiver

and forfeiture); Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(2)–(3) (limiting de novo review duty to “any objection”
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filed); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (limiting de novo review duty to “those portions” of the

recommendation “to which objection is made”).

        The Court, with no objection from any party and on full review of the record, ORDERS

as follows:

     1. The Court ADOPTS DE 39, ACCEPTS Conley’s guilty plea, and ADJUDGES Conley

        guilty of Count Two of the Indictment.

     2. The Court will issue a separate sentencing order.1

        This the 26th day of March, 2026.




1
 At the hearing, Judge Ingram remanded Conley to custody. See DE 38. This was his status pretrial. See
DE 23. Absent an intervening order, Conley will remain in custody pending sentencing.
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