Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Leonard HODGE, a.k.a. Bubba, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-01-19
Citations: 709 F. App'x 672
Docket Number: No. 17-12168 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Leonard HODGE, a.k.a. Bubba, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MARCUS, ROSENBAUM and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 709
Pages: 672–672

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Leonard HODGE, a.k.a. Bubba, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-12168 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(January 19, 2018)
Peter Decklin Leary, U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Markus F. Boenig, Palmore Boenig & Associates, PC, Athens, GA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before MARCUS, ROSENBAUM and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The Government's motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal waiver in Appellant's plea agreement is GRANTED. United States v. Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1350 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Weaver, 275 F.3d 1320, 1333 (11th Cir. 2001) (enforcing a sentence appeal waiver where the defendant agreed that she understood the waiver provision and entered into it freely and voluntarily); United States v. Cesal, 391 F.3d 1172, 1182 (11th Cir. 2004) (enforcing a sentence appeal waiver where the district court read the waiver exceptions and the defendant stated that he had read the plea agreement and understood it), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 545 U.S. 1101, 125 S.Ct. 2553, 162 L.Ed.2d 272 (2005), reinstated, No. 03-15090, 2004 WL 2663906, manuscript op. at 3 (11th Cir, July 13, 2005).