USA v. Lila Quarles

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 23-11475
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
LILA MARIE QUARLES,
a.k.a. Lila Dawkins,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Georgia
D.C. Docket No. 1:21-cr-00047-JRH-BKE-16
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2 Opinion of the Court 23-11475
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Before WILSON, BRASHER , and ABUDU, 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, 1350–51 (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 com-
ments the court makes during sentencing”); United States v. Gri-
nard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (waiver of the right
to appeal includes waiver of the right to appeal difficult or debata-
ble legal issues or even blatant error).
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