United States v. Frank Pannullo

Opinion

Case: 17-13194 Date Filed: 01/29/2018 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________

No. 17-13194 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________

D.C. Docket No. 8:16-cr-00222-MSS-JSS-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

FRANK PANNULLO

Defendant-Appellant. ________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ________________________

(January 29, 2018)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

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 Case: 17-13194 Date Filed: 01/29/2018 Page: 2 of 2

if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); Williams v. United States, 396 F.3d

1340, 1342 (11th Cir. 2005) (defendant cannot avoid application of an appeal

waiver by recasting a sentencing challenge as an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

claim).