Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Yecid Castro HURTADO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-12-13
Citations: 706 F. App'x 650
Docket Number: No. 17-10886 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Yecid Castro HURTADO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILLIAM PRYOR, NEWSOM, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 706
Pages: 650–651

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Yecid Castro HURTADO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-10886 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(December 13, 2017)
Karin Bethany Hoppmann, Daniel Michael Baeza, Arthur Lee Bentley, III, Suzanne C. Nebesky, Lisa Thelwell, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Che Lopardo, Law Offices of Che Lo-pardo, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, NEWSOM, and ANDERSON, 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. See United States v. Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Bascomb, 451 F.3d 1292, 1297 (11th Cir, 2006) (appeal waiver "cannot be vitiated or altered by comments the court makes during sentencing"); United States v. Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (waiver of the right to appeal includes waiver of the right to appeal difficult or debatable legal issues or even blatant error).