United States v. O'Kane

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
April 11, 2006
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-20101
Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
PATRICIA O’KANE,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:03-CR-364-ALL
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Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Patricia O’Kane pleaded guilty to wire fraud and bankruptcy
fraud and was sentenced to concurrent sentences of 30 months of
imprisonment and concurrent terms of five years and three years
of supervised release. The district court imposed a $200
assessment and ordered O’Kane to pay $22,491.54 in restitution.
She now appeals, arguing that the appeal waiver provision of her
plea agreement does not bar a challenge to her sentence, that the
scope of appellate review regarding her sentence is not limited

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if the waiver provision is inoperable, and that the district
court erred in the application of the Sentencing Guidelines with
regard to the calculation of the amount of loss. O’Kane asserts
that the plea agreement, which reserved the right to appeal a
sentence in excess of the statutory maximum, does not bar her
claims because her sentence exceeds the “statutory maximum” as
that term is defined in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296
(2004), and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). The
Government seeks to enforce the waiver.
By its plain language, O’Kane’s knowing and voluntary appeal
waiver bars her claims, as she was not sentenced above the
statutory maximum. See United States v. Bond, 414 F.3d 542, 544-
46 (5th Cir. 2005); United States v. Cortez, 413 F.3d 502, 503
(5th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 502 (2005). O’Kane’s
attempts to distinguish these cases are unavailing.
AFFIRMED.

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