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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          ________________________

                                No. 15-14502
                            Non-Argument Calendar
                          ________________________

                  D.C. Docket No. 1:14-cr-00033-WLS-TQL-1


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

KENNETH E. THORNTON
                                                            Defendant-Appellant.
                          ________________________

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

                                 (May 15, 2017)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JORDAN and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Sydney R. Strickland, appointed counsel for Kenneth Thornton 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 (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 Thornton’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.




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