Filed: Aug. 16, 2011
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS August 16, 2011 FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 11-3045 v. (D.C. No. 2:07-CR-20099-JWL-13) (D. Kan.) JESSIE DICKINSON, Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before LUCERO, EBEL, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. Jessie Dickinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and more than 5 kilograms of c
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS August 16, 2011 FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 11-3045 v. (D.C. No. 2:07-CR-20099-JWL-13) (D. Kan.) JESSIE DICKINSON, Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before LUCERO, EBEL, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. Jessie Dickinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and more than 5 kilograms of co..
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FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS August 16, 2011
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
No. 11-3045
v. (D.C. No. 2:07-CR-20099-JWL-13)
(D. Kan.)
JESSIE DICKINSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before LUCERO, EBEL, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.
Jessie Dickinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000
kilograms of marijuana and more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. As part of his plea
agreement, he “knowingly and voluntarily waive[d] any right to appeal . . . any
matter in connection with [his] prosecution, . . . [his] conviction, or the
components of the sentence,” so long as the sentence imposed was below the
*
This panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not
materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2);
10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral
argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited,
however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and
10th Cir. R. 32.1.
statutory maximum and within the advisory guideline range determined
appropriate by the district court. Plea Agreement at 12. The district court entered
judgment and sentenced Mr. Dickinson to 168 months’ imprisonment, which was
at the lowest end of the advisory guideline range determined by the court.
In spite of the waiver in his plea agreement, Mr. Dickinson filed a notice of
appeal. He states in his docketing statement that he wishes to appeal the district
court’s determination of the amount of drugs he converted to crack cocaine in
calculating his sentence. The government has filed a motion to enforce the
appellate waiver in Mr. Dickinson’s plea agreement pursuant to United States v.
Hahn,
359 F.3d 1315 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc) (per curiam). Under Hahn, we
consider: “(1) whether the disputed appeal falls within the scope of the waiver of
appellate rights; (2) whether the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his
appellate rights; and (3) whether enforcing the waiver would result in a
miscarriage of justice.”
Id. at 1325.
In his response, Mr. Dickinson does not address any of the Hahn factors.
Rather, he contends the record is too incomplete to assess the factors at this time.
He indicates that he may wish to argue that his counsel was constitutionally
ineffective in connection with the negotiation of his plea agreement, which would
constitute a miscarriage of justice. See
id. at 1327. One purpose of an appellate
waiver is to save the government from the cost of prosecuting an appeal.
Id. at
1325. To assert that the government’s motion is premature goes against that
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purpose, as well as Tenth Circuit Rules 27.2(A)(1)(d), 27.2(A)(3)(b), and 27.2(C),
which permit the government to file a motion to enforce an appeal waiver within
twenty days of the transmittal of the record, before the opening brief is due, thus
suspending the appellate briefing schedule. See also
Hahn, 359 F.3d at 1328
(ruling that the government is not required to brief an appeal until after its motion
to enforce is ruled upon). Thus, the government’s motion to enforce the appeal is
not premature. The record on appeal is complete. Counsel’s inability to identify
any basis to challenge the enforceability of the appeal waiver does not make the
government’s motion to enforce premature.
Mr. Dickinson did not waive his right to assert that his attorney provided
ineffective assistance of counsel during the plea negotiations. See Plea
Agreement at 12 (citing United States v. Cockerham,
237 F.3d 1179, 1187
(10th Cir. 2001)). But ineffective assistance of counsel claims must ordinarily be
raised on collateral review, not on direct appeal, and ‘[t]his rule applies even
where a defendant seeks to invalidate an appellate waiver based on ineffective
assistance of counsel.” United States v. Porter,
405 F.3d 1136, 1144 (10th Cir.
2005).
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Accordingly, we GRANT the government’s motion to enforce the appeal
waiver and DISMISS the appeal, without prejudice to Mr. Dickinson asserting an
ineffective assistance of counsel claim in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
PER CURIAM
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