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Appellate Case: 23-8049     Document: 010110991952       Date Filed: 01/30/2024    Page: 1
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                                                                       United States Court of Appeals
                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                          Tenth Circuit

                              FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT                         January 30, 2024
                          _________________________________
                                                                          Christopher M. Wolpert
                                                                              Clerk of Court
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

        Plaintiff - Appellee,

  v.                                                    Nos. 23-8049 & 23-8050
                                                  (D.C. Nos. 2:22-CR-00113-ABJ-1 &
  LEONARD DALE VAN DAM,                                 1:22-CR-00128-ABJ-1)
                                                               (D. Wyo.)
        Defendant - Appellant.
                       _________________________________

                              ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
                          _________________________________

 Before HOLMES, Chief Judge, MORITZ, and EID, Circuit Judges.
                    _________________________________

       Leonard Dale Van Dam and the government reached a plea agreement to

 settle the two criminal cases underlying these appeals. With limited exceptions,

 the plea agreement required Mr. Van Dam to waive his right to appeal. So when

 Mr. Van Dam filed these appeals, the government moved to enforce his appeal

 waiver. See United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d 1315, 1328 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc)

 (per curiam). Through his attorney, Mr. Van Dam “acknowledges that his appeal

 waiver is enforceable.” Resp. at 1.

       *
          This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines
 of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for
 its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
Appellate Case: 23-8049   Document: 010110991952       Date Filed: 01/30/2024     Page: 2

       Based on the parties’ positions and our independent review, we grant the

 government’s motion to enforce. We dismiss these appeals. This decision does not

 diminish any postconviction rights that Mr. Van Dam retained in the plea agreement.

                                           Entered for the Court
                                           Per Curiam

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