Acosta-Roman, No. 071238, 071239 Appeal from sentence of three concurrent fifty-seven month sentences for three money laundering counts is dismissed where: 1) defendant's waiver was both valid and enforceable as an enhacement issue; and 2) appellate consideration of that issue, on the merits, was barred. [read post]

Edelen, No. 07-1189 Appeal of sentence for 126 months' imprisonment for one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base is dismissed where the appellate waiver, waiving defendant's right to file a direct appeal so long as the sentence imposed was within the applicable Guideline Sentencing Range or lower, was enforceable and valid. . [read post]