Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-06 18:00:57.627532+00
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Appellate Case: 22-2040     Document: 010110808566       Date Filed: 02/06/2023    Page: 1
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                                                                       United States Court of Appeals
                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                          Tenth Circuit

                              FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT                         February 6, 2023
                          _________________________________
                                                                          Christopher M. Wolpert
                                                                              Clerk of Court
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

        Plaintiff - Appellee,

  v.                                                          No. 22-2040
                                                   (D.C. No. 1:21-CR-01519-KWR-1)
  ABEL MANUELITO CHAVEZ,                                       (D. N.M.)

        Defendant - Appellant.
                       _________________________________

                              ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
                          _________________________________

 Before TYMKOVICH, EBEL, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.
                  _________________________________

       Abel Manuelito Chavez pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a

 firearm and ammunition, and he received an 87-month prison sentence. He has

 appealed from that sentence despite the appeal waiver in his plea agreement. The

 government now moves to enforce that waiver under United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d

 1315, 1328 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc). Chavez has filed a response through counsel,

 and he now concedes that the appeal waiver is enforceable.

       When deciding a motion to enforce an appeal waiver, we normally ask:

 “(1) whether the disputed appeal falls within the scope of the waiver of appellate

       *
          This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines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: 22-2040    Document: 010110808566       Date Filed: 02/06/2023    Page: 2

 rights; (2) whether the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his appellate

 rights; and (3) whether enforcing the waiver would result in a miscarriage of justice.”

 Id. at 1325. But we need not address a Hahn factor the defendant does not dispute.

 See United States v. Porter, 405 F.3d 1136, 1143 (10th Cir. 2005). Chavez has

 conceded the government’s motion and therefore does not address the Hahn factors.

 Accordingly, we do not address them either.

       We grant the government’s motion and dismiss this appeal.

                                            Entered for the Court
                                            Per Curiam

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