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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA 
BUTTE DIVISION 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 Plaintiff, 
 
 vs. 
 
JESSIE LYNN BROWN, 
 
 Defendant. 
 
CR 25–22–BU–DLC 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto’s 
Findings & Recommendation Concerning Plea. (Doc. 75.) Because neither party 
objected, they are not entitled to de novo review. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); United 
States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). Therefore, the Court 
reviews the Findings and Recommendation for clear error. McDonnell Douglas 
Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981). Clear 
error exists if the Court is left with a “definite and firm conviction that a mistake 
has been committed.” United States v. Syrax, 235 F.3d 422, 427 (9th Cir. 2000). 
Jessie Lynn Brown is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with 
intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count I) and one count 
of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) 
and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Count II). (Doc. 20.) Judge DeSoto recommends that this Court 

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accept Brown’s guilty plea as to Count I after she appeared before her pursuant to 
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. The Court finds no clear error in Judge 
DeSoto’s Findings and Recommendation and adopts them in full, including the 
recommendation to defer acceptance of the Plea Agreement until sentencing when 
the Court will have reviewed the Plea Agreement and Presentence Investigation 
Report. In light of the United States’ motion for preliminary order of forfeiture 
(Doc. 76), the Court will address the issue of forfeiture by separate order. 
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Judge DeSoto’s Findings and 
Recommendation (Doc. 75) is ADOPTED in full. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Brown’s motion to change plea (Doc. 48) 
is GRANTED. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Brown is adjudged guilty as charged in 
Count II of the Indictment. 
DATED this 30th day of October, 2025. 
 
 

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