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

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 20-14139 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cr-00145-TWT-JKL-16 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANTONIO AHMAD, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ________________________ (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).