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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                        ________________________                  FILED
                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                               No. 08-11035                ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                               MARCH 9, 2009
                           Non-Argument Calendar
                                                            THOMAS K. KAHN
                         ________________________
                                                                 CLERK

                  D. C. Docket No. 05-00264-CR-T-27-EAJ

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                    versus

ORLANDO CEBALLOS,
a.k.a. Pepe,

                                                           Defendant-Appellant.


                         ________________________

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

                               (March 9, 2009)

Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Bruce G. Howie, appointed counsel for Orlando Ceballos 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 Ceballos’s conviction and sentence are

AFFIRMED.




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