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             IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                     FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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                             No. 16-12928
                         Non-Argument Calendar
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                D.C. Docket No. 4:15-cr-00005-RH-CAS-1



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  versus

THOMAS MELLOR BAINS,

                                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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                Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Northern District of Florida
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                              (April 25, 2017)

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
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      Michael Ufferman, appointed counsel for Thomas Mellor Bains 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 (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 Bains’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.




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