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Criminal Law-Child Pornography-Appeal Waiver-Substantive Unreasonableness of Sentence
Staff Report//February 18, 2026//
Defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed following his conviction for receiving child pornography pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver.
Where defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his plea agreement, the court enforced the appeal waiver.
Appeal is dismissed.
U.S. v. Cadotte (MLW No. 84351/Case No. 24-2625 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Schreier, J.
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