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Date Created: 2024-03-16 00:00:41.259627+00
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Case: 23-10741            Document: 52-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/15/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-10741
                                  Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                  ____________                                March 15, 2024
                                                                               Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Anthony Wayne Eylar,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 4:23-CR-26-1
                   ______________________________

Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Anthony Wayne Eylar pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement,
to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of
methamphetamine, and he was sentenced to 360 months of imprisonment
and four years of supervised release. In the plea agreement, Eylar waived his
right to appeal his conviction and sentence, with certain limited exceptions.

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10741        Document: 52-1       Page: 2     Date Filed: 03/15/2024

                                  No. 23-10741

       In this appeal, Eylar argues that the magistrate judge who conducted
his plea colloquy did not comply with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure
11(b)(1)(N). That rule requires that, before accepting a plea of guilty, a court
must “inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant
understands . . . the terms of any plea-agreement provision waiving the right
to appeal . . . the sentence.” Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b)(1)(N). Because
Eylar did not raise this objection in the district court, our review is for plain
error. See United States v. Oliver, 630 F.3d 397, 411 (5th Cir. 2011).
       The record reflects that the plea colloquy was sufficient to ensure that
Eylar understood the terms of the appeal waiver in accordance with Rule
11(b)(1)(N), and that the appeal waiver was knowing and voluntary. See id.
at 411-12; United States v. McKinney, 406 F.3d 744, 746 (5th Cir. 2005).
Under these circumstances, Eylar has not demonstrated any plain error with
respect to the plea colloquy. See Oliver, 630 F.3d at 411-12.
       AFFIRMED.

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