United States v. Kevin Merritt

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: February 17, 2026
• Docket: 25-13055
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 25-13055 Document: 19-1 Date Filed: 02/17/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-13055 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus

KEVIN JOHN MERRITT, a.k.a. Jackie Frost, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 3:23-cr-00089-MMH-LLL-1 ____________________ USCA11 Case: 25-13055 Document: 19-1 Date Filed: 02/17/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 25-13055

Before LAGOA, ABUDU, and ANDERSON, 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) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced where “it was clearly conveyed to the defendant that he was giving up his right to appeal under most circumstances” (quotation marks omitted, al- terations adopted, emphasis in original)); 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).