Whether a district court's ambiguous status regarding a plea agreement under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) should be considered accepted by a reviewing court for fairness to the parties

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Plea agreements under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) bind a district court if the court accepts the agreement. A district court can also reject the agreement or defer pending the completion of a presentence investigation report. If a district court does not explicitly do any of the three options, and the status is ambiguous heading into a sentencing hearing, should a reviewing court consider the agreement accepted out of fairness to the parties? ii