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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                         ________________________           FILED
                                                   U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                No. 10-10260         ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                            Non-Argument Calendar        JULY 1, 2011
                          ________________________        JOHN LEY
                                                           CLERK
                   D.C. Docket No. 1:09-cr-00064-ODE-ECS-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                          Plaintiff-Appellee,

      versus

PORFIRIO AYALA-CASTANEDA,
                                                          Defendant-Appellant.

                         __________________________

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

                                   (July 1, 2011)

Before CARNES, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM:

      Jay L. Strongwater, appointed counsel for Porfirio Ayala-Castaneda in this

direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the

appellant and filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct.
1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the entire record reveals

that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. Because

independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit,

counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Ayala-Castaneda’s conviction

and sentence are AFFIRMED.




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