United States v. Dennis DeWayne Dothard

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: March 4, 2026
• Docket: 24-10788
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 24-10788 Document: 54-1 Date Filed: 03/04/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-10788 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus

DENNIS DEWAYNE DOTHARD, Defendant- Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 2:23-cr-00227-MHH-JHE-1 ____________________

Before JORDAN, GRANT, and WILSON, 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) USCA11 Case: 24-10788 Document: 54-1 Date Filed: 03/04/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 24-10788

(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 com- ments the court makes during sentencing”); United States v. Gri- nard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (waiver of the right to appeal includes waiver of the right to appeal difficult or debata- ble legal issues or even blatant error); United States v. Patti, 337 F.3d 1317, 1320 (11th Cir. 2003) (unconditional plea “waives all nonju- risdictional defects in the proceedings”); United States v. Pierre, 120 F.3d 1153, 1155 (11th Cir. 1997) (a speedy trial claim is a non-juris- dictional challenge).