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United States v. Capper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION
Jul 10, 2019
No. 19-CR-63 CJW (N.D. Iowa Jul. 10, 2019)

Opinion

No. 19-CR-63 CJW

07-10-2019

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CECIL CAPPER, Defendant.


ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING DEFENDANT'S GUILTY PLEA

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

On June 12, 2019, a one-count Information was filed against defendant. On June 25, 2019, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to count one of the Information. On June 25, 2019, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that defendant's guilty plea be accepted. The parties did not file objections to Judge Roberts' Report and Recommendation. The Court, therefore, undertakes the necessary review of Judge Roberts' recommendation to accept defendant's plea in this case.

II. ANALYSIS

Pursuant to statute, this Court's standard of review for a magistrate judge's report and recommendation 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). Where parties make no objections to a magistrate's report and recommendation, the Court reviews the magistrate's 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 of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation 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).

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' Report and Recommendation of June 25, 2019, and ACCEPTS defendant's plea of guilty in this case to count one of the Information.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 10th day of July, 2019.

/s/_________

C.J. Williams

United States District Judge

Northern District of Iowa

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.


Summaries of

United States v. Capper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION
Jul 10, 2019
No. 19-CR-63 CJW (N.D. Iowa Jul. 10, 2019)
Case details for

United States v. Capper

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CECIL CAPPER, Defendant.

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

Date published: Jul 10, 2019

Citations

No. 19-CR-63 CJW (N.D. Iowa Jul. 10, 2019)