Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee CHRONISTER, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-15
Citations: 573 F. App'x 816
Docket Number: Nos. 14-6041, 14-6042, 14-6043
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee CHRONISTER, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GORSUCH, BACHARACH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 573
Pages: 816–817

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee CHRONISTER, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Renee Chronister, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 14-6041, 14-6042, 14-6043.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Aug. 15, 2014.
Steven W. Creager, Virginia Loreen Hines, Leslie M. Maye, Office of the United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Cori Ann Harbour-Valdez, The Harbour Law Firm, P.C., El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GORSUCH, BACHARACH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
Jessica Renee Chronister was charged with committing crimes in three separate indictments. She ultimately entered guilty pleas in the three cases to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, one count of conspiracy to escape custody, and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. In her plea agreement, she waived her right to appeal her conviction and sentence. Her guideline sentencing range was 262 to 327 months' imprisonment, but the district court varied downward and sentenced her to 168 months' imprisonment.
Despite the appellate waiver in her plea agreement, Ms. Chronister filed an appeal seeking to challenge her convictions and sentence. The government moved to enforce the appeal waiver pursuant to United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d 1315 (10th Cir.2004) (per curiam).
Ms. Chronister's attorney filed a response invoking Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), agreeing with the government that the appellate waiver is valid, and indicating that she will seek leave to withdraw from the case. Ms. Chronister was given the opportunity to file a pro se response to the motion to enforce.
In her pro se response, Ms. Chronister does not offer a rebuttal to the government's motion to enforce or to her attorney's conclusion that the appeal waiver is valid. Instead, she asks this court to consider the undue hardship that her imprisonment has on her children and to reduce her sentence. In sentencing Ms. Chronis-ter, the district court varied downward from the guidelines sentence by almost 100 months, and there is no legal basis for this court to grant her further sentencing relief.
Ms. Chronister's appeal falls within the scope of the waiver in her plea agreement, she knowingly and voluntarily waiver her appellate rights, and enforcing the waiver would not result in a miscarriage of justice. Accordingly, we grant the motion to enforce the appeal waiver and dismiss the appeal.
This panel has determined that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.