USA v. Roderick Norfus

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 17-12019
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 9:16-cr-80134-DTKH-2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
RODERICK NORFUS
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(January 26, 2018)
Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, FAY and HULL, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
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. Rubbo, 396 F.3d
1330, 1334 (11th Cir. 2005) (“Plea bargains . . . are like contracts and should be
interpreted in accord with what the parties intended.”).
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