                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 00-10251
                         Conference Calendar


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                     Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JEFFREY SIMPSON,

                                     Defendant-Appellant.


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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 4:99-CR-268-1-Y
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                          August 24, 2000

Before KING, Chief Judge, and POLITZ and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Court-appointed counsel for Jeffrey Simpson, the federal

public defender (FPD), has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel

and brief as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967).   Simpson has not filed a response.    Our independent

review of counsel’s brief and the record discloses no

nonfrivolous issue for appeal.   Accordingly, the motion for leave

to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from further

responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED.       See 5TH

CIR. R. 42.2.

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
