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Parties Involved:
Frances Pelch
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRANCES PELCH, 

Defendant.

Case No. 3:19-cr-00116-SLG-DMS

ORDER RE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE UPON A PLEA OF GUILTY

Before the Court is Defendant’s request to enter a guilty plea to Count 1 of 

the Indictment, Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled 

Substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) and 846, this matter was referred to 

the Honorable Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith by the District Court, with the 

written and oral consents of Defendant, counsel for Defendant, and counsel for 

the United States.

Judge Smith issued a Final Report and Recommendation at Docket 32, in 

which she recommended that the District Court accept the Defendant’s plea of 

guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment. No objections to the Final Report and 

Recommendation were 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 the Defendant’s plea of 

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guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment, Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute 

a Controlled Substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) and 846.

DATED this 26th day of February, 2020 at Anchorage, Alaska.

/s/ Sharon L. Gleason

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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