BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. Pursuant to a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, defendant appellee Damone Bell pled guilty to a lesser included, but not indicted, offense of distribution of a controlled substance. The district court accepted the guilty plea but ultimately rejected the plea agreement. The court then sentenced Bell to thirty months’ imprisonment—a sentence approximately eighty-two percent lower than that contemplated under the (C) plea agreement. The government appealed, alleging a right to withdraw its consent to a plea to a lesser included, but not indicted, offense when a district court rejects a Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement. The government alternatively petitioned for a writ of mandamus to the same effect. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment and DENY the government’s petition for a writ of mandamus.