THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Melvin Beam, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2016-002290

Appeal From Union County R. Scott Sprouse, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-142 Submitted February 1, 2018 – Filed April 11, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, and Melvin Beam, pro se, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dismissed after consideration of Appellant's pro se brief and review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and In re McCoy, 360 S.C. 425, 602 S.E.2d 58 (2004). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.1

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.