United States v. Roderick Norfus

Opinion

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[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 17-12019

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 9:16-cr-80134-DTKH-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

RODERICK NORFUS Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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(January 26, 2018)

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, FAY and HULL, 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 if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Bascomb, 451 F.3d

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1292, 1297 (11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot be vitiated or altered by comments the court makes during sentencing”); United States v. Rubbo, 396 F.3d 1330, 1334 (11th Cir. 2005) (“Plea bargains . . . are like contracts and should be interpreted in accord with what the parties intended.”).