Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon VALLES, III, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-16
Citations: 702 F. App'x 940
Docket Number: No. 16-15875 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon VALLES, III, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 702
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon VALLES, III, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-15875 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(November 16, 2017)
Germaine Seider, Arthur Lee Bentley, III, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, Andrew Tysen Duva, Bonnie Ames Glober, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Michael William Nielsen, Nielsen Law Firm, Winter Springs, FL, for Defendant-Appellant
Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and JORDAN, 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).