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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          ________________________

                               No. 17-12612
                           Non-Argument Calendar
                         ________________________

                  D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cr-00383-ODE-RGV-4

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

                                    versus

VANCE HOARD,
a.k.a Bernard Hoard,
a.k.a. Vance Holland,

                                                          Defendant - Appellant.

                         ________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Northern District of Georgia
                        ________________________

                              (December 15, 2017)

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS, and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
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      The Government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal

waiver in Vance Hoard’s plea agreement is GRANTED. See United States v.

Grinard-Henry, 399 F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005); United States v. Bushert,

997 F.2d 1343, 1350–51 (11th Cir. 1993) (“[F]or a waiver to be effective it must

be knowing and voluntary.”).




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