United States v. Ivan Starks

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: October 17, 2018
• Docket: 17-15489
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 17-15489 Date Filed: 10/17/2018 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________

No. 17-15489 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________

D.C. Docket No. 7:16-cr-00039-HL-TQL-8

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

IVAN STARKS,

Defendant-Appellant. ________________________

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

(October 17, 2018)

Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR and HULL 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, Case: 17-15489 Date Filed: 10/17/2018 Page: 2 of 2

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. 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).