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United States v. Fowlkes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION
Nov 18, 2014
No. 14-CR-103-LRR (N.D. Iowa Nov. 18, 2014)

Opinion

No. 14-CR-103-LRR

11-18-2014

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RONALD RAYMOND FOWLKES, Defendant.


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

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

On September 10, 2014, a two-count Indictment was filed against the defendant Ronald Raymond Fowlkes. On November 3, 2014, the defendant appeared before United States Chief Magistrate Judge Jon S. Scoles and entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment. On November 3, 2014, Judge Scoles filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that the defendant's guilty plea be accepted. No objections to Judge Scoles's Report and Recommendation were filed. The court, therefore, undertakes the necessary review of Judge Scoles's recommendation to accept the 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). Similarly, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) provides for review of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation on dispositive motions and prisoner petitions, where objections are made, as follows:
The district judge must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge's disposition that has been properly objected to. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition; receive further evidence; or return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).

In this case, no objections have been filed, and it appears to the court upon review of Judge Scoles's findings and conclusions that there is no ground to reject or modify them. Therefore, the court ACCEPTS Judge Scoles's Report and Recommendation of November 3, 2014, and ACCEPTS the defendant's plea of guilty in this case to Count 1 of the Indictment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED this 18th day of November, 2014.

/s/_________

LINDA R. READE

CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA


Summaries of

United States v. Fowlkes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION
Nov 18, 2014
No. 14-CR-103-LRR (N.D. Iowa Nov. 18, 2014)
Case details for

United States v. Fowlkes

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RONALD RAYMOND FOWLKES, Defendant.

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

Date published: Nov 18, 2014

Citations

No. 14-CR-103-LRR (N.D. Iowa Nov. 18, 2014)