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n ite d S ta te s v . D e L a Fu e n te , 8 F . 3d 1333, 1337 ( 9th C i r . 1993) (i nt ernal qu ot at i on om i tt ed). T o i nt erpretpl eaagre em ent s, thi s c ou rtappl i es

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d. a t 1 3 3 7 n .7 . H er e, B l oo m se eks t o w i thd ra w hi s pl eaagre em entbecause the courtordered r e s t i tut i on de s pi t e a s t a t e m e nti n the the pl e a a gr e e m e nttha ts t a t e s “ [ n] o r e s t i tut i on i s i nv ol ved i n thi s c as e. ” H ow ever , the pl eaagre em ental so st at es that“ the C ou rt m a y or de rthe de f

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