Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae PINKNEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-01-22
Citations: 709 F. App'x 202
Docket Number: No. 17-4297
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae PINKNEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 709
Pages: 202–202

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae PINKNEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-4297
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: December 28, 2017
Decided: January 22, 2018
John E. Duncan, Lexington, South Carolina, for Appellant. Beth Drake, United States Attorney, Jimmie Ewing, Jane Barrett Taylor, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appel-lee.
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Dontae Pinkney seeks to appeal the 125-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea to Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (2012). On appeal, he argues that the district court abused its discretion in upwardly departing, which resulted in an unreasonable sentence. The Government seeks to dismiss the appeal as barred by Pinkney's waiver of the right to appeal included in the plea agreement. Upon review of the plea agreement and the transcript of the Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 hearing, we conclude that Pinkney knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal and that the issue Pinkney seeks to raise on appeal falls squarely within the compass of his waiver of appellate rights. See United States v. Archie, 771 F.3d 217, 221 (4th Cir. 2014). We therefore dismiss the appeal.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED