United States Ninth Circuit

In an en banc review of a conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon, the panel's dismissal of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction is remanded where a valid guilty plea containing a waiver of the right to appeal does not deprive the court of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/21/2007
• Decided 07/25/2007
• Published 07/25/2007

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, PAMELA ANN RYMER, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, SUSAN P. GRABER, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, MARSHA S. BERZON, JAY S. BYBEE, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Porter, Federal Public Defenders, Sacramento, CA, Dawn M. Reynolds, Law Offices of Dawn M. Reynolds, Dallas, OR, for the defendant-appellant., Jill Bolton, Office of the United States Attorney, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.