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             IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                    FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT                     FILED
                      ________________________          U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                          ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                              March 16, 2006
                             No. 05-13282                  THOMAS K. KAHN
                         Non-Argument Calendar                 CLERK
                       ________________________

                   D. C. Docket No. 03-20483-CR-MGC

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  versus

THEZA FERGUSON,

                                                         Defendant-Appellant.


                       ________________________

                Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Southern District of Florida
                      _________________________

                             (March 16, 2006)


Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and FAY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
      Rafael Rodriguez, appointed appellate counsel for Theza Ferguson, has filed

a motion to withdraw on appeal because, in his opinion, there are no issues of

arguable merit on which to base the appeal. Counsel’s motion is supported by a

brief prepared pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18

L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the 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 Ferguson’s conviction and sentence are

AFFIRMED.




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