Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Tynae K. LESTER, also known as Gabriel Quiles, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2000-01-31
Citations: 200 F.3d 1179
Docket Number: No. 98-4153
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Tynae K. LESTER, also known as Gabriel Quiles, Appellant.
Judges: Before: BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 200
Pages: 1179–1180

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Tynae K. LESTER, also known as Gabriel Quiles, Appellant.
No. 98-4153.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 28, 1999.
Filed: Jan. 31, 2000.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 7, 2000.
Daniel Robert DeFoe, Blue Springs, MO, argued, for Appellant.
Carla B. Oppenheimer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued (Stephen L. Hill, Jr., on the brief), for Appellee.
Before: BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Judge Loken would grant the rehearing by the panel.

Opinion:
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Tynae K. Lester appeals from an order directing him to pay restitution in the amount of $138,041.40. We decline to review Mr. Lester's arguments because in his plea agreement with the government he specifically undertook "to pay any restitution ordered by the District Court." We have held several times that a defendant's agreement to pay the restitution that a district court orders is binding. See, e.g., United States v. Williams, 128 F.3d 1239, 1240 (8th Cir.1997), and United States v. Marsh, 932 F.2d 710, 713 (8th Cir.1991). Such agreements are in fact specifically authorized by statute: 18 U.S.C. § 3663(a)(3) states that "[t]he court may . order restitution in any criminal case to the extent agreed to by the parties in a plea agreement."
Because Mr. Lester's agreement bars this appeal, we affirm the judgment of the district court.