                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                              No. 99-31253
                            Summary Calendar
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                       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                     Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 versus

                          ALEX HAMILTON, JR.,

                                             Defendant-Appellant.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Middle District of Louisiana
                         (94-CR-89-ALL-A)
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                               October 30, 2000

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     This   appeal    concerns   revocation   of    supervised   release.

Counsel for Alex Hamilton, Jr., has moved for leave to withdraw and

has filed a brief as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

[87 S. Ct. 1396] (1967).    Although notified of his right to file a

response, Hamilton has not done so.

     Our independent review of the brief and the record discloses

no nonfrivolous issue for appeal.     See id.      Accordingly, counsel’s




     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from

further responsibilities herein, and the appeal is DISMISSED.   5TH

CIR. R. 42.2.
