USA v. Erick Orlando Villacorta

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 21-14379
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ERICK ORLANDO VILLACORTA,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
D.C. Docket No. 4:19-cr-00389-AKK-GMB-1
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2 Opinion of the Court 21-14379
Before J ORDAN , R OSENBAUM, and J ILL PRYOR , 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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