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              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                         ________________________          FILED
                                                  U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                               No. 09-10363         ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                     JANUARY 13, 2010
                           Non-Argument Calendar
                                                         JOHN LEY
                         ________________________
                                                       ACTING CLERK

                  D. C. Docket No. 03-00343-CR-T-30-MSS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

GEORGE PEARSON, JR.,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.


                         ________________________

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

                               (January 13, 2010)

Before EDMONDSON, BLACK and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Leonard E. Clark, appointed counsel for George Pearson, Jr. in this appeal of
the denial of a motion to reduce sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c), has filed a

motion to withdraw, supported by a brief prepared 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 issue of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the

denial of the motion to reduce sentence is AFFIRMED.




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