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Date Created: 2020-10-28 20:02:38.36859+00
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USCA11 Case: 20-11367     Date Filed: 10/28/2020   Page: 1 of 2

                                                            [DO NOT PUBLISH]

              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                         ________________________

                               No. 20-11367
                           Non-Argument Calendar
                         ________________________

                 D.C. Docket No. 1:18-cr-00027-LAG-TQL-18

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

ALEJANDRO BUSTAMANTE,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.
                         ________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Middle District of Georgia
                        ________________________

                              (October 28, 2020)

Before JORDAN, GRANT and BLACK 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,
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997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced

if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Bascomb, 451 F.3d

1292, 1297 (11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot be vitiated or altered by

comments the court makes during sentencing”); 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).

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