Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-12 17:01:02.544276+00
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Appellate Case: 23-1184     Document: 010110967076       Date Filed: 12/12/2023    Page: 1
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                                                                       United States Court of Appeals
                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                          Tenth Circuit

                              FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT                        December 12, 2023
                          _________________________________
                                                                          Christopher M. Wolpert
                                                                              Clerk of Court
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

        Plaintiff - Appellee,

  v.                                                          No. 23-1184
                                                   (D.C. No. 1:20-CR-00292-WJM-2)
  AZUSENA MARIBEL SIERRA,                                      (D. Colo.)
  a/k/a Suzy,

        Defendant - Appellant.
                       _________________________________

                              ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
                          _________________________________

 Before MORITZ, EBEL, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
                   _________________________________

       Azusena Maribel Sierra pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute

 heroin and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. She was sentenced

 to 288 months’ imprisonment. Although her plea agreement contained a waiver of

 her appellate rights, she filed a notice of appeal. The government has moved to

 enforce the appeal waiver in the plea agreement pursuant to United States v. Hahn,

 359 F.3d 1315 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc).

       Under Hahn, we consider “(1) whether the disputed appeal falls within the

 scope of the waiver of appellate rights; (2) whether the defendant knowingly and

       *
          This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines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.
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 voluntarily waived his appellate rights; and (3) whether enforcing the waiver would

 result in a miscarriage of justice.” Id. at 1325.

       In response to the government’s motion, Ms. Sierra, through counsel,

 “concedes that the appeal waiver contained in her Plea Agreement applies and that no

 exception set forth in [Hahn] negates enforcement of that waiver.” Resp. at 1. Based

 on this concession, we grant the government’s motion to enforce the appeal waiver

 and dismiss the appeal.

                                              Entered for the Court
                                              Per Curiam

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