UNITED STATES of America, Appellant v. John MCLEAN, 339 F. App'x 148

OPINION OF THE COURT RENDELL, Circuit Judge. This appeal raises a single issue: whether a district court may reduce a defendant’s sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), the statutory provision allowing a court to reduce a sentence which is “based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission,” when that sentence is imposed pursuant to a binding plea agreement. Concluding that enforcement of the stipulated sentence was not required, the District Court reduced defendant John McLean’s sentence; the government appealed. We conclusively resolved the issue in United States v.

Sanchez, holding, “If ‘binding’ is to have meaning, it cannot be undone by the discretionary possibility of a different sentence under § 3582(c).” 562 F.3d 275, 282 (3d Cir.2009). Here, McLean stipulated to the sentence imposed in a binding plea agreement under Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(c)(1)(C), the validity of which is undisputed. Accordingly, we will REVERSE the order of the District Court and REMAND the case. . The District Court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.