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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                         ________________________           FILED
                                                  U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                               No. 09-14673         ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                        JULY 13, 2010
                           Non-Argument Calendar
                                                         JOHN LEY
                         ________________________
                                                           CLERK

                   D. C. Docket No. 08-00326-CR-J-20-TEM

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

JAMES ROBERT COTTER,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.


                         ________________________

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

                                 (July 13, 2010)

Before CARNES, MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     James H. Burke, Jr., appointed counsel for James Robert Cotter 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 Cotter’s conviction and sentence

are AFFIRMED.




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