USCA11 Case: 20-14139 Date Filed: 04/09/2021 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 20-14139

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cr-00145-TWT-JKL-16 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus ANTONIO AHMAD,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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(April 9, 2021) Before WILSON, ROSENBAUM and LUCK Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

The government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal waiver in Ahmad’s plea agreement is GRANTED. See United States v. Boyd, 975 F.3d 1185, 1192 (11th Cir. 2020) (district court must have clearly conveyed to

USCA11 Case: 20-14139 Date Filed: 04/09/2021 Page: 2 of 2 defendant that he was giving up his right to appeal under most circumstances); 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); 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).

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