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Ann et te K. Crawle y , als o k no wn as Keny Sade Bry an t, al so kn own as An ne tt e K.

Lig on , als o k no wn as Ann et te L. Bry an t

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Dis tri ct of Ne br as ka - Lin co ln

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21 , 20 14 Fi le d: Jan ua ry

22 , 20 14 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re BENTON, BOW MAN, an d S HEPHERD, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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PER CURI AM.

Ann et te K. Crawl ey pl ed gu il ty to fil in g a fal se cl ai m an d he al th care frau d, in vi ol at io n of 18 U.S

. C

. § § 2 8 7 an d 13 47

. Her writ te n pl ea ag reem en t co nt ai ne d an ap pe al waiv er, in whi ch sh e “ kn owi ng ly an d ex pr es sl y waiv e[d ] an y an d al l rig ht s to
ap pe al [h er] co nv ic ti on an d se nt en ce,

. . . in cl ud in g rev ie w pu rs ua nt to 18 U.S.C.§ 37 42 of an y se nt en ce im po se d.” The di st ric t co ur t va rie d d o w nwa rd fro m th e 1

ap pl ic ab le Gui de li ne s ra ng e an d i m po se d con cu rren t 48 -m on th pr is on se nt en ces on each co un t, 3 y ears of su pe rv is ed rel eas e, an d fu ll pa y m en t of res ti tu ti on

. On ap pe al
, Crawl ey ’s co un se l m ov es to wit hd raw an d ha s fil ed a br ie f un de r And er s v

. Ca li fo rn ia , 38 6 U.S. 73 8 (1 96 7)
, in whi ch co un se l no te s th at Crawl ey en te red in to an ap pe al waiv er, and arg ue s th at th e se nt en ce was un reas on ab le be cau se th e co ur t di d

no t pro pe rly weig h th e 18 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a) sen te nc in g fact or s. Crawl ey ha s fil ed a

su pp le m en ta l b r i e f

, in whi ch sh e arg ue s th at he r se nt en ce was pr oc ed ur al ly an d

su bs ta nt iv el y un reas on ab le
, as it was di sp ro po rti on at el y lo ng er th an th e se nt en ces fo r
ot he r de fen da nt s co nv ic te d o f en ga gi ng in si m il ar co nd uc t.

A f t e r care fu l de no vo rev ie w, t hi s co ur t ho ld s th at th e ap pe al waiv er i s v a l i d

an d sh al l be en fo rced

. Se e Uni te d St at es v. Azu re , 57 1 F.3 d 76 9, 77 2 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ) (s ta nd ard of rev ie w). Crawl ey ’s c ha ll en ge to he r se nt en ce fa ll s wit hi n th e sc op e of he r ap pe al waiv er; th e reco rd refl ect s th at sh e kn owi ng ly an d vo lu nt ari ly en te red in to th e waiv er an d th e pl ea ag reem en t, an d sh e do es no t co nt en d ot he rwis e; an d en fo rci ng th e waiv er do es no t res ul t in a m is carr ia ge of jus ti ce, as Crawl ey ’s 48 -m on th se nt en ce is wit hi n th e st at ut or y se nt en ci ng ran ge s fo r he r of fen se s. Se e Uni te d St at es v. And is , 33 3 F.3 d 88 6, 8 8 9

- 9 2 ( 8 t h Ci r. 20 03 ) (en ba nc ) (ap pe al waiv er wil l be en fo rced if

a p p e a l fal ls wit hi n sc op e of waiv er, de fen da nt kn owi ng ly an d vo lu nt ari ly en te re d waiv er an d pl ea ag reem en t, an d e n f o r c i n g waiv er do es no t res ul t in m is carr ia ge of jus t i c e ; s e n te nc e im

po se d wit hi n st at ut or y ran ge is no t m is carr ia ge of jus ti ce, an d
arg um en t th at co ur t m is ap pl ie d Gui de li ne s or ab us ed se nt en ci ng di sc ret io n is no t

su bjec t to ap pe al in face of va li d ap pe al waiv er). Se e al so 18 U.S.C. §§ 28 7, 13 47

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The Hon or ab le Ly le E. St ro m , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e Dis tri ct of 1 Neb ras ka

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-Thi s co ur t rev ie wed th e reco rd in de pe nd en tl y un de r Pen so n v. Ohi o , 48 8 U.S.

75 , 80 (1 98 8)
, an d fo un d no no nf riv ol ou s is su es ou ts id e th e s c o p e o f th e ap pe al waiv er. The ap pe al is di sm is se d.

A l l o w in g co un se l to wit hd raw at th is ti m e wou ld no t be co ns is te nt wit h t h e Eig ht h Ci rcu it ’s 19 94 Am en dm en t to Part V of th e Pl an to Im pl em en t The Cri m in al
Ju st ic e Act of 19 64

. Co un se l’s m ot io n to wit hd raw is de ni ed wit ho ut p r e ju d i c e to

co un se l re fil in g t he m ot io n u po n fu lfi ll in g t he du ti es set for th in th e Am en dm en t.

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