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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                        ________________________                 FILED
                                                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              No. 09-16256                ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                              MAY 13, 2010
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                                                               JOHN LEY
                        ________________________
                                                                CLERK

                     D. C. Docket No. 08-00071-CR-HL-5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                    versus

FRANCISCO EQUIHUA CERVANTES,

                                                          Defendant-Appellant.


                        ________________________

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

                               (May 13, 2010)

Before BARKETT, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     John R. Francisco, appointed counsel for Francisco Equihua Cervantes 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 Cervantes’s convictions

and sentences are AFFIRMED.




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