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[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 17-12168

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 3:16-cr-00007-CAR-CHW-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus PAUL LEONARD HODGE, a.k.a. Bubba,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Georgia

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(January 19, 2018) Before MARCUS, ROSENBAUM 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. United States v. Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1350 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced if it was

Case: 17-12168 Date Filed: 01/19/2018 Page: 2 of 2 made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Weaver, 275 F.3d 1320, 1333 (11th Cir. 2001) (enforcing a sentence appeal waiver where the defendant agreed that she understood the waiver provision and entered into it freely and voluntarily); United States v. Cesal, 391 F.3d 1172, 1182 (11th Cir. 2004) (enforcing a sentence appeal waiver where the district court read the waiver exceptions and the defendant stated that he had read the plea agreement and understood it), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 545 U.S. 1101 (2005), reinstated, No. 03-15090, manuscript op. at 3 (11th Cir. July 13, 2005).

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