                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                          Nos. 98-41515 & 98-41516
                              Summary Calendar
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                          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

                                EDUARDO RAMIREZ,
                                                  Defendant-Appellant.
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            Appeals from the United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Texas
                     (L-89-CR-618-1 & 89-618-01)
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                            March 15, 2000

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The     Federal   Public   Defender,   appointed     to    represent   Eduardo

Ramirez, has filed a motion to withdraw and a brief as required by
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), to which Ramirez has

responded.      Our    independent   review    of   the   record     discloses   no

nonfrivolous issue for appeal.        Accordingly, the motion for leave to

withdraw is GRANTED; counsel is excused from further responsibilities
herein; and the appeal is DISMISSED.          See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

                                                                     DISMISSED




     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the
limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
