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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA 
MISSOULA DIVISION 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
  Plaintiff, 
 
 vs. 
 
ENRIQUE ISRAEL RAMIREZ-
VALDIVIA, 
 
  Defendant. 
 
CR 24–52–M–DLC 
                  
 
 
ORDER 
 
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto’s 
Findings & Recommendation Concerning Plea. (Doc. 70.) 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). 
Defendant Enrique Israel Ramirez-Valdivia is charged with one count of 
conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 
methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count I) and one count of 
possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 
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841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Count II). (Doc. 2.) Judge DeSoto recommends that 
this Court accept Ramirez-Valdivia’s guilty plea as to Count II after he 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.  
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Judge DeSoto’s Findings and 
Recommendation (Doc. 70) is ADOPTED in full.   
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Ramiriz-Valdivia’s motion to change plea 
(Doc. 63) is GRANTED.  
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Enrique Israel Ramirez-Valdivia is 
adjudged guilty as charged in Count II of the Indictment.  
DATED this 12th day of November, 2025.  
 
      
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