### IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 17

- 30992 Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , Plaintiff

- Appellee

v. SHAWANDA NEVERS, also known as Shawanda Hawkins, also known as Shawanda Bryant, also known as Shawanda Johnson , Defendant

- Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana USDC No. 2:16

- CR

- 88

- 1

Before SMITH, WIENER, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Shawanda Nevers appeals her four consecutive 21

- month prison sentence s arising from her guilty

- plea conviction on four counts of aiding the presentation of a false income tax return. Nevers contend s that she is entitled to resentencing because the district court plainly erred in determining the tax loss amount on which her guidelines sentence was based. While the

* Pursuant to 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5.4. United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit 

### FILED March 1, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Case: 17-30992 Document: 00514857286 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/01/2019No. 17

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2 Government asserts that Nevers’s appeal is barred by the appeal waiver in her plea agr eement, Nevers argues that the waiver is unenforceable because her guilty plea was unknowing given that the district court fail ed to properly inform her that she faced a maximum prison sentence of 12 years should the
terms run consecutively

. We normally review the validity of a guilty plea de novo. United States v. Hernandez , 234 F.3d 252, 254 (5th Cir. 2000). However, where, as here, a defendant fails to lodge an objection concerning his plea in the district court, we apply a plain error analysis. Un ited States v. Brown , 328 F.3d 787, 789 (5th Cir. 2003). While Nevers contests the applicability of the plain error standard to this issue , her challenge to the knowing nature of her guilty plea fails under even the de novo standard , as discussed below

. A knowing and voluntary guilty plea is required for an enforceable waiver of appeal. United States v. Dees , 125 F.3d 261, 269 (5th Cir. 1997). “ To enter a knowing and voluntary guilty plea, the defendant must have a full understanding of what the plea co nnotes and of its consequence.” United States v. Urias

- Marrufo , 744 F.3d 361, 366 (5th Cir. 2014) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). With respect to potential confinement, the defendant need only know the statutory maximum prison term for t he charged offenses. United States v. Guerra , 94 F.3d 989, 995 (5th Cir. 1996); United States v. Rivera , 898 F.2d 442, 447 (5th Cir. 1990); see also F ED

. R. C RIM

. P. 11(b)(1)(H). As Nevers acknowledges, the district court accurately informed her at rearraignment that three years was “the maximum possible sentence that could be imposed on [her] in the event of a conviction with respect to each of” the four counts of conviction. S ee 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). Under 18 U.S.C

. § 3584(a), a district court generally has discretion to order that multiple prison Case: 17-30992 Document: 00514857286 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/01/2019No. 17

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3 terms run consecutively, and we have “conclude[d] that the effect of [§ 3584] is not a consequence of which a defendant must be advise d before a guilty plea may be accepted.” Hernandez , 234 F.3d at 256

. In light of the foregoing , Nevers’s guilty plea was knowing and voluntary, and her appeal waiver is enforceable

. See Dees , 125 F.3d at 269. The appeal is DISMISSED. Case: 17-30992 Document: 00514857286 Page: 3 Date Filed: 03/01/2019