                                               [DO NOT PUBLISH]

             IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                   FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT           FILED
                    ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                   ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          No. 08-11225                JAN 29, 2009
                      Non-Argument Calendar         THOMAS K. KAHN
                    ________________________            CLERK

                  D.C. Docket No. 07-20194-CR-SH

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

    versus

JULIO RAMIREZ,
a.k.a. Cacho,

                                               Defendant-Appellant.

                    ________________________

                          No. 08-11273
                      Non-Argument Calendar
                    ________________________

                  D.C. Docket No. 07-20195-CR-SH

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

    versus

JULIO RAMIREZ,
                                               Defendant-Appellant.
                         __________________________

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

                                (January 29, 2009)

Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Stewart Abrams, appointed counsel for Julio Ramirez 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 Ramirez’s convictions and

sentences are AFFIRMED.




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