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172382P.pdf 11/06/2018 United States v. Stephen Bagley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2382
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's appeal waiver was valid and would
be enforced as to his challenge to his criminal history score; his
challenge to a restitution award falls outside the waiver. During
defendant's flight in a carjacked vehicle a dog in the car was killed, and
the owner of the dog sought $14,999 in restitution for the loss of the
dog. The district court awarded the owner $1,000. Restitution for the loss
of the dog, "Mister," was properly based on the provisions of the
Mandatory Victims Restitution Act addressing lost or destroyed property;
the proper measure of damages is the replacement cost of the pet; the
government presented no evidence on the dog's replacement cost or value,
only a speculative estimate of the costs of raising Mister; as a result,
the amount of restitution awarded for Mister was unsupported by the
evidence and must be reversed. Judge Colloton, concurring part and
dissenting in part.