USA v. Lovette

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
JAMES CORNELL LOVETTE,
Defendant.
Case No. 3:20-cr-00044-SLG-MMS
ORDER RE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE
MAGISTRATE JUDGE UPON A PLEA OF GUILTY
A plea agreement was filed in this case at Docket 77. Pursuant to Rule 11
of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this matter was referred to the
Honorable Magistrate Judge Matthew M. Scoble by the District Court, with the
written and oral consents of Defendant, counsel for Defendant, and counsel for the
United States. A proposed change of plea hearing was held before the magistrate
judge at which Defendant entered a guilty plea to Count 1 of the Indictment,
Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance within 1,000 Feet of a
School, which is a violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 860. Defendant also admitted the
Criminal Forfeiture Allegation.
Judge Scoble issued a Final Report and Recommendation at Docket 82, in
which he recommended that the District Court accept Defendant’s plea of guilty to
Count 1 of the Indictment and Defendant’s admission to the Criminal Forfeiture
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Allegation. No objections to the Final Report and Recommendation have been
filed.
The matter is now before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The
Court 	has 	reviewed 	the 	Final 	Report 	and 	Recommendation 	and 	adopts 	it.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Court ACCEPTS Defendant’s plea of guilty
to Count 1 of the Indictment—Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled
Substance within 1,000 Feet of a School—and Defendant is adjudged GUILTY of
Count 1. 	IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court ACCEPTS Defendant’s
admission to the Criminal Forfeiture Allegation. An Imposition of Sentence hearing
has been scheduled for September 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. before District Judge
Sharon L. Gleason in Anchorage Courtroom 2.
DATED this 22nd day of July, 2022, at Anchorage, Alaska.
/s/_Sharon L. Gleason _______
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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