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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roderick NORFUS Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 17-12019 Non-Argument Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    (January 26, 2018)
    Laura Thomas Rivero, Andrea G. Hoffman, Emily M. Smachetti, U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Ronald Scott Chapman, Ronald S. Chapman, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellant
    Roderick Norfus, Pro Se
    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 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.”).