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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 18-11377
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 9:17-cr-80229-RLR-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ALBERT SAMUKIA JONES SAYE,
a.k.a Albert Jones,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(October 2, 2018)
Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and NEWSOM 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,
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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. Weaver, 275 F.3d
1320, 1333 (11th Cir. 2001) (enforcing a sentence appeal waiver where the waiver
provision was referenced during the defendant’s Rule 11 plea colloquy and the
defendant agreed that she understood the provision and entered into it freely and
voluntarily); United States v. Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir.
2005) (enforcing an appeal waiver where a magistrate judge specifically
questioned the defendant about it during the plea colloquy, adequately explained
the significance of the appeal waiver, and confirmed that the defendant understood
the full significance of the appeal waiver).
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