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USCA11 Case: 23-11828    Document: 50-1     Date Filed: 01/31/2024   Page: 1 of 2

                                   In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                          ____________________

                                No. 23-11828
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                          ____________________

       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                      Plaintiﬀ-Appellee,
       versus
       BROOKE SHAWNTAYE SPARKS,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.

                          ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Middle District of Florida
                 D.C. Docket No. 8:21-cr-00192-VMC-MRM-1
                          ____________________
USCA11 Case: 23-11828     Document: 50-1      Date Filed: 01/31/2024    Page: 2 of 2

       2                      Opinion of the Court                23-11828

       Before ROSENBAUM, NEWSOM, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.
       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, 1350-53 (11th Cir. 1993)
       (holding that a sentence appeal waiver will be enforced if it was
       made knowingly and voluntarily, and assessing whether a sentence
       appeal waiver was made knowingly and voluntarily depends on
       whether it was clearly conveyed to the defendant that she was giv-
       ing up her right to appeal under most circumstances); 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).