United States v. Jose Francisco Reyna-Tapia, AKA Jose Reyna

OPINION

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

“Congress intended magistrates to play an integral and important role in the federal judicial system.” Peretz v. United States, 501 U.S. 923, 928, 111 S.Ct. 2661, 115 L.Ed.2d 808 (1991). We write to clarify the important role that magistrate judges play in conducting plea colloquies pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. We hold that Rule 11 plea colloquies involving felonies are additional duties that may be delegated to magistrate judges for findings and recommendation with defendants’ consent, and that de novo review of the magistrate judges’…