United States v. Jennings

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Under a written plea agreement containing an appeal waiver, Randal Jennings pleaded guilty to commercial sex trafficking of children, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591 and 1594(a). The district court1 accepted the guilty plea and sentenced Jennings to 262 months in prison, 15 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. The district court also issued a separate order denying the government’s restitution request.

Jennings appealed, and the government moved to dismiss Jennings’s appeal based on the terms of the appeal waiver. Jennings opposed the motion,…