Legal Opinion
United States v. Arroyo-Blas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 15, 2015No. 13-1613PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
The ostrich’s undeserved claim to fame is that it buries its head in the sand instead of facing danger. 1 Parties to litigation sometimes act like this, too. Case in point is our appellant, Miguelito ArroyoBlas (“Arroyo-Blas”), who by ignoring a plea agreement’s clear waiver of appeal provision fares no better here than we imagine our proverbial ostrich does when confronted by a predator in the wild.
I. BACKGROUND
'This case has its genesis in ArroyoBlas’s guilty plea (pursuant to a written Plea Agreement) to Count I of a four-count Indictment charging him and several…
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