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No. 03-1553
UNITED S TATES OF AMERI CA

v. JOHN L ARWA, a/k/a ALEX SAR IS, a/k/a ALEX FAR IS, a/k/a PAUL ROM ANAU SKAS, a/k/aTIMOTHY BAUER John Larwa, Appellant
On A ppeal from the Un ited States District Co urt for the Easte rn D istrict of P enns ylvania D.C. CriminalNo. 02-cr- 00208 (Hon orable Petrese B. Tu cker)
Submitte d Pursuant to Third Circ uit LAR 34.1(a)

September 13, 2004 Be for e: S CIR ICA , Chief Judge , AL ITO and AM BR O, Circuit Judges (Fil ed September 24, 2004)

OPINI ON OF THE COURT1 Larwa was given a copyof counsel’ s brie f and was all otted t ime to raise any arg um ents in a p ro se brie f. An der s, 386 U.S. at 744. He has not fil ed such a bri ef. 2 SC IRI CA , Chief Judge
. This is an ap peal by defen dant John Larw a from a guilty plea entered into un der a bargaine d-for gui lty

plea to mail fr aud in viol ation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and to possessi on of a fire arm by a f

elon in vi olati on of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) . Counsel for Larwa has fil ed a brief und er An der s v. C alifo rnia , 386 U.S. 738 (1967) , st ating t hat, after carefulreview of the rec ord, h e cou ld no t raise an y meritorio us issu es an d that th e app eal is w holly frivolous. 1 We are satisfied that counsel has fulfi lled his Anders oblig atio ns , and w e agree that the appeal is frivolous. Nonetheless , counselfor Larwa identifie d two potenti ally non-fri volous arguments: (1) whether four additional level s should have been added to the base offen se le velund erU.S .S .G. § 2B1 .1 (b )( 1) (C) bec aus e Larwacon te nds th e l oss to th e vi ctims was not between $10, 000 and $30,000; and (2) whether the court

properl y gr ouped allthe offe nses u nder U.S .S.G . § 3D 1.1. C oun sel acc urately no tes, how ever, th at La rwa is pre clud ed f rom brin gin g an app eal p ursu ant to a w aive r co ntain ed in his p lea a gre em ent. Th e s en ten cin g c ou rt r ev iew ed th is p ro vi sio n w ith La rw a c on clu di ng th at h e k no w in gl y, intelligen tly, and vo luntarily en tered in to the a greem ent. W e agre e, as it w as en tered in to kno win gly, inte llige ntly, an d vo lun tarily an d di d no t resu lt in a mis carr iage of ju stice
. See Un ited S tates v. K hat tak, 273 F.3d 557 , 561- 62 (3 d C ir. 2001 ). Furth ermo re, in his3

bargaine d-for pl ea agreement , Larwa stipulate d that t he loss to the vic tims was more t han $10 ,000 a nd les s than $30 ,000, a nd th at purs uant to U.S .S.G . § 3D 1.1, ne ither the mail fraud nor t

he odometer t ampering offens es group with the fi rearms offens e. We see no
reas on w hy La rw a sh oul d no t be h eld to the s tipu latio ns c ont aine d in the p lea a gre em ent. See Un ited S tates v. C ian ci, 154 F .3d 106, 11 0 (3d C ir. 1998). For the foregoing rea sons, we wil l affi rm the judgment of conviction and sentence. Defense counsel’ s motion to withdraw is granted.