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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          ________________________

                                No. 14-11087
                            Non-Argument Calendar
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                  D.C. Docket No. 8:13-cr-00120-VMC-TGW-2



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                      versus

BRIAN E. SIMMONS,

                                                             Defendant-Appellant.

                          ________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Florida
                         ________________________

                               (December 31, 2014)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JILL PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Grady C. Irvin, Jr., appointed counsel for Brian E. Simmons in this direct

criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the
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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 Simmons’s convictions and

sentences are AFFIRMED.




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