Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Anthony GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-09
Citations: 679 F. App'x 502
Docket Number: No. 16-3153
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Anthony GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge, DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 679
Pages: 502–502

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Anthony GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-3153
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued March 1, 2017
Decided March 9, 2017
Barry D. Glickman, Brian L. Reitz, Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee
Theodore J. Minch, Attorney, Sovich Minch LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant
Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge, DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
John Guevara pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Guevara then filed an appeal, taking issue with the district court's imposition of a two-level enhancement to his guidelines range for maintaining "a premises for the purpose of manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance." U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(12). But as the government points out, Guevara's plea agreement contains a broad appellate waiver clause- promising that he will not "appeal the sentence imposed in this case on any ground." Guevara has not challenged the applicability of this waiver; in fact, his counsel admitted at oral argument that there is no ground for invalidating the guilty pleas. See United States v. Smith, 759 F.3d 702, 706 (7th Cir. 2014); United States v. Knox, 287 F.3d 667, 671-72 (7th Cir. 2002). And since the appeal waiver in the plea agreement stands or falls with the guilty plea, the waiver binds Guevara, and his appeal must be dismissed. See United States v. Wilson, 481 F.3d 475, 483 (7th Cir. 2007); United States v. Hare, 269 F.3d 859, 860-61 (7th Cir. 2001).
The appeal is DISMISSED.