Case: 18-13886 Date Filed: 02/13/2019 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 18-13886

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:18-cr-20256-JEM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus RAUL SOSA, SR.,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

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(February 13, 2019) Before MARCUS, NEWSOM and BRANCH, 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

Case: 18-13886 Date Filed: 02/13/2019 Page: 2 of 2 1292, 1297 (11th Cir. 2006) (appeal waiver “cannot be vitiated or altered by comments the court makes during sentencing”); United States v. Weaver, 275 F.3d 1320, 1333 (11th Cir. 2001) (enforcing an appeal waiver where the district court referenced the waiver provision during the plea colloquy and the defendant confirmed that he understood the waiver provision and entered into it voluntarily and freely).

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