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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lionel CAWTHON, also known as Spooks, also known as Lil ’Spook, Appellant.
    No. 03-2973.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 10, 2004.
    Decided Feb. 17, 2004.
    Maria R. Moran, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Dana C. Bradford, III, Bradford & Coenen, Omaha, NE, Lionel Cawthon, pro se, Federal Correctional Institution, Oxford, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before MELLOY, FAGG, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

The Government charged Lionel Cawthon with conspiracy to distribute more than fifty grams of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute more than fifty grams of crack cocaine, and forfeiture of $3360 in currency. After the district court denied Cawthon’s motion to suppress, Cawthon unconditionally pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and forfeiture charges. Cawthon now appeals asserting the district court should have granted his suppression motion. A guilty plea waives an earlier denial of a suppression motion unless the Government and the court agree to permit the defendant to enter a conditional guilty plea that preserves in writing the issue for appeal. See Fed. R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2); United States v. Arrellano, 213 F.3d 427, 430 (8th Cir.2000). Here, there was no written agreement that Cawthon’s guilty plea was conditional. By unconditionally pleading guilty, Cawthon waived all non]urisdictional defenses, including claims about search and seizure. Id. Cawthon does not argue his waiver was invalid. See id. We thus affirm the district court. 
      
       The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.