             Case: 12-12685    Date Filed: 12/18/2012   Page: 1 of 2

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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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                              No. 12-12685
                          Non-Argument Calendar
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                    D.C. Docket No. 1:00-cr-00074-FAM-1



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

ABEL DIAZ,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.

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                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of Florida
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                              (December 18, 2012)

Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Christine O’Connor, appointed counsel for Abel Diaz in this appeal from a
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denial of a motion to reduce a sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582, 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 merits 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 the denial of Diaz’s motion to reduce sentence is AFFIRMED.




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