Hunter v. United States · ¶57

Much as plea bargaining initially met with judicial skepticism, so did appeal waivers. Some district court judges refused to accept plea agreements that included appeal waivers or struck those waivers completely. See, e. g., United States v. Raynor, 989 F. Supp. 43 (DC 1997) (Friedman, J.); United States v. Johnson, 992 F. Supp. 437 (DC 1997) (Greene, J.); United States v. Perez, 46 F. Supp. 2d 59 (Mass. 1999) (Gertner, J.); see also United States v. Melancon, 972 F. 2d 566, 571 (CA5 1992) (Parker, J., concurring specially). But with time, and subject to differing exceptions, Courts of Appeals largely came to accept appeal waivers, much as courts had previously come to accept plea bargains themselves. See United States v. Guillen, 561 F. 3d 527, 529, and n. (CADC 2009). For its part, this Court allowed debates over appeal waivers to proceed in the lower courts for years without comment,…

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