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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT                     FILED
                        ________________________         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                           ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                July 16, 2008
                               No. 07-15981                 THOMAS K. KAHN
                           Non-Argument Calendar                CLERK
                         ________________________

                   D. C. Docket No. 07-00059-CR-WDO-5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                    versus

WILLIAM LEE HAGANS,

                                                           Defendant-Appellant.


                         ________________________

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

                                (July 16, 2008)

Before ANDERSON, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     John R. Francisco, appointed counsel for William Lee Hagans in this appeal,
has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and has 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 record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to

withdraw is GRANTED, and Hagans’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.




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