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Parties Involved:
Luis Enrique Meza
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 23, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

LUIS ENRIQUE MEZA,

Defendant - Appellant.

No. 09-1486

(D.C. No. 1:08-CR-00274-WDM-3)

ORDER

Before LUCERO, MURPHY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

The government has filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that this court lacks

jurisdiction. 

The government argues that this court lacks jurisdiction because the

defendant appeals a sentence imposed pursuant to a Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C)

plea agreement. We agree. See United States v. Calderon, 428 F.3d 928, 932

(10th Cir. 2005) (“Where a defendant agrees to and receives a specific sentence,

he may appeal the sentence only if it was (1) imposed in violation of the law, (2)

imposed as a result of an incorrect application of the Guidelines, or (3) is greater

than the sentence set forth in the plea agreement. Otherwise, the Court lacks

jurisdiction over the appeal.”) (citing to United States v. Silva, 413 F.3d 1283,

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1284 (10th Cir. 2005)); United States v. Prieto-Duran, 39 F.3d 1119, 1120 (10th

Cir. 1994).

Here, the court accepted the plea agreement and imposed the agreed-upon

46-month sentence.

Defense counsel agrees that the court lacks jurisdiction and that the appeal

should be dismissed.

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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