United States v. Roderick Norfus

Opinion

Case: 17-12019 Date Filed: 01/26/2018 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________

No. 17-12019 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________

D.C. Docket No. 9:16-cr-80134-DTKH-2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

RODERICK NORFUS Defendant-Appellant. ________________________

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

(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 Case: 17-12019 Date Filed: 01/26/2018 Page: 2 of 2

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.”).