Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ahmad FLEMMING, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-11-18
Citations: 299 F. App'x 603
Docket Number: No. 08-2129
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ahmad FLEMMING, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge, JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 299
Pages: 603–604

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ahmad FLEMMING, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-2129.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 30, 2008.
Decided Nov. 18, 2008.
Matthias D. Onderak, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Evansville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Chad E. Groves, Attorney, Wilson Womack & Groves, Henderson, KY, for Defendant-Appellant.
Ahmad Flemming, Forrest City, AR, pro se.
Before WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge, JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
In 2008 Ahmad Flemming pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. § 846, 841(a)(1). The parties agreed on page two of Flemming's plea agreement to a specific sentence of 240 months' imprisonment — the mandatory minimum given the amount of crack and Flemming's prior drug-felony conviction. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); Fed.R.CrimP. 11(c)(1)(C). The district court accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Flemming, as agreed, to 240 months' imprisonment. See Fed. R.CrimP. 11(c)(1)(C).
Flemming has filed a notice of appeal, hoping to challenge his prison sentence (but not his guilty plea). We lack jurisdiction, however. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3742, a defendant who agrees to a specific sentence cannot appeal the sentence imposed except in three narrow circumstances: if his guilty plea was involuntary, if the sentence he received is greater than the sentence he bargained for, or if his sentence was imposed in violation of law. See id. § 3742(a)(1), (c)(1); United States v. Gibson, 490 F.3d 604, 607 (7th Cir.2007);
United States v. Cieslowski, 410 F.3d 353, 363-64 (7th Cir.2005); United States v. Barnes, 83 F.3d 934, 941 (7th Cir.1996). Flemming does not want his plea set aside, so the first possibility is out. And the second is not tenable because Flemming's prison sentence tracks the agreement. As for the third possibility, Flemming's sentence is the lowest permitted by law. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). Because we do not have jurisdiction, we need not reach counsel's motion to withdraw under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).
DISMISSED.