USA v. Anthony Michele Decotis, Jr.

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 20-12876
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ANTHONY MICHELE DECOTIS, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
D.C. Docket No. 5:17-cr-00037-RBD-PRL-1
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2 Opinion of the Court 20-12876
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, JORDAN 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, 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 1292, 1297
(11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot be vitiated or altered by
comments the court makes during sentencing”);
United States v.
Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (waiver of the
right to appeal includes waiver of the right to appeal difficult or
debatable legal issues or even blatant error).
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