United States v. Lantesia Lanier

Opinion

Case: 18-15324 Date Filed: 04/22/2019 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________

No. 18-15324 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________

D.C. Docket No. 5:17-cr-00056-MTT-CHW-4

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

LANTESIA LANIER,

Defendant-Appellant. ________________________

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

(April 22, 2019)

Before MARCUS, WILSON and HULL Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal

waiver in Lantesia Lanier’s plea agreement is GRANTED. See United States v.

Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be Case: 18-15324 Date Filed: 04/22/2019 Page: 2 of 2

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

comments the court makes during sentencing”); 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).