U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2026

United States v. Sheldon Jason Burch

United States v. Sheldon Jason Burch
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided April 15, 2026
United States v. Sheldon Jason Burch

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 25-12085 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 04/15/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________

No. 25-12085

Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee, versus

SHELDON JASON BURCH,

Defendant-Appellant. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 4:23-cr-00086-RSB-CLR-1 ____________________

Before NEWSOM, ABUDU, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal waiver in Burch’s plea agreement is GRANTED, and we DISMISS with prejudice his challenges to his sentence. See USCA11 Case: 25-12085 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 04/15/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 25-12085 United States v. Bushert, 997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (holding that a sentence-appeal waiver will be enforced if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (concluding that the waiver of the right to appeal includes the waiver of the right to appeal diffi- cult or debatable legal issues or even blatant error).

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