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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 18-13886
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:18-cr-20256-JEM-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
RAUL SOSA, SR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(February 13, 2019)
Before MARCUS, NEWSOM and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The Government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal
waiver in Appellant’s plea agreement is GRANTED. See United States v. Bushert,
997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced
if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Bascomb, 451 F.3d
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1292, 1297 (11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot be vitiated or altered by
comments the court makes during sentencing”); United States v. Weaver, 275 F.3d
1320, 1333 (11th Cir. 2001) (enforcing an appeal waiver where the district court
referenced the waiver provision during the plea colloquy and the defendant
confirmed that he understood the waiver provision and entered into it voluntarily
and freely).
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