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Parties Involved:
Tony Jones
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-60690

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

TONY JONES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 3:13-CR-8-3

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Tony Jones appeals his guilty plea conviction of conspiracy to defraud 

the United States Treasury, contending that the district court plainly erred in 

imposing a 105-month term of imprisonment. Jones challenges the district 

court’s denial of the Government’s motion for a downward departure, the 

denial of a reduction in his offense level for acceptance of responsibility, and

the weighing of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. Relying on the appellate waiver 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

July 29, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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in the plea agreement, the Government seeks the dismissal of the appeal or,

alternatively, a summary affirmance. Jones does not challenge the 

voluntariness of the appeal waiver provision, but asserts that a miscarriage of 

justice will occur if the waiver is enforced.

Our review of the record shows that Jones’s appeal waiver was knowing 

and voluntary and that, under the plain language of the plea agreement, the 

waiver applies to the circumstances at hand. See United States v. Bond, 414 

F.3d 542, 544 (5th Cir. 2014). Jones’s argument that his claims should be 

analyzed for a miscarriage of justice in spite of the validity of the waiver of 

appeal lacks merit. Accordingly, Jones’s appeal waiver bars review of the 

issues he seeks to raise on appeal. Id. at 546.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Government’s motion to dismiss 

the appeal is GRANTED, and the appeal is DISMISSED. The Government’s 

motion for summary affirmance is DENIED.

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