USA v. Edwin Jerome Owens

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 22-10588
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
EDWIN JEROME OWENS,
a.k.a.
EJ,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Alabama
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2 Opinion of the Court 22-10588
D.C. Docket No. 1:20-cr-00122-TFM-30
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Before R OSENBAUM, JILL PRYOR , and B RASHER , 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. Boyd, 975 F.3d 1185,
1192 (11th Cir. 2020) (appeal waiver is enforceable when district
court “clearly conveyed to the defendant that he was giving up his
right to appeal under
most circumstances”);
United States v. Bas-
comb, 451 F.3d 1292, 1297 (11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot
be vitiated or altered by comments the court makes during sen-
tencing”);
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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