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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                   FILED
                          ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                            ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                               November 9, 2005
                                No. 04-16558
                                                             THOMAS K. KAHN
                            Non-Argument Calendar                CLERK
                          ________________________

                       D. C. Docket No. 04-00031-CR-KRS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                      versus

RUBEN GALVAN-PELAYO,

                                                             Defendant-Appellant.

                          ________________________

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

                               (November 9, 2005)

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Michael O. Donaldson, appointed counsel for Ruben Galvan-Pelayo 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 Galvan-Pelayo’s conviction and

sentence are AFFIRMED.




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