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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          ________________________

                                No. 17-11686
                            Non-Argument Calendar
                          ________________________

                 D.C. Docket No. 8:14−cr−00102−MSS−AAS−1


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

LONZINE ADAMS,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.
                          ________________________

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

                                 (April 10, 2018)

Before TJOFLAT, NEWSOM and HULL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Thomas Burns, appointed counsel for Lonzine Adams in this direct criminal

appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and
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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 Adams’s convictions and sentences are AFFIRMED.

Accordingly, we DENY Adams’s motion for the appointment of new counsel as

moot.




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