USCA11 Case: 25-10796 Document: 27-1 Date Filed: 10/17/2025 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-10796 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus

JORGE SALERMO, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 1:24-cr-20457-CMA-1 ____________________

Before JORDAN, KIDD, and WILSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Defendant-Appellant Jorge Salermo appeals his 15-month sentence for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He argues that his sentence was substantively unreasonable because the district court USCA11 Case: 25-10796 Document: 27-1 Date Filed: 10/17/2025 Page: 2 of 2

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placed too much weight on his codefendants’ sentences and the need for deterrence, rehabilitation, and punishment, and failed to give adequate weight to Salermo’s history and characteristics. The government has requested that we dismiss Salermo’s appeal pursu- ant to the sentence appeal waiver in his plea agreement or, alterna- tively, affirm because Salermo’s sentence was substantively reason- able. We review the validity of a sentence appeal waiver de novo. United States v. Johnson, 541 F.3d 1064, 1066 (11th Cir. 2008). A sen- tence appeal waiver will be enforced if it was made knowingly and voluntarily. United States v. Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1351 (11th Cir. 1993); see United States v. Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (waiver of the right to appeal includes waiver of the right to appeal difficult or debatable legal issues or even blatant error). Here, we dismiss Salermo’s appeal based on his enforceable appeal waiver signed as part of the plea agreement. The district court expressly reviewed the appeal waiver and its exceptions with Salermo, who confirmed under oath that he understood. Thus, Salermo knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal. DISMISSED.