U.S. v. Davis

Defendant waived his appeal, alleging that Dist. Ct. improperly conducted his guilty plea hearing by telephone conference pursuant to CARES Act, where defendant had signed plea agreement waiving his appellate rights. Instant waiver covered any pre-trial rulings by Dist. Ct., and instant appeal, which raised issue as to whether Dist. Ct. properly applied CARES Act to defendant’s case, concerned pre-trial order that was covered by waiver. Also, absent plea agreement, defendant waived issue in instant case, where defendant had unequivocally agreed to conduct plea hearing by telephone on two occasions.