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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT SEPT 10, 2008 No. 08-11076 THOMAS K. KAHN Non-Argument Calendar CLERK ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 07-00020-CR-CAR-3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee, versus TAURUS BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia _________________________ (September 10, 2008) Before ANDERSON, HULL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: John Philip Fox, appointed counsel for Taurus Brooks in this direct criminal appeal, has filed a motion to withdraw from further representation of the appellant on the ground that the appeal has no arguable merit, and has 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 Brooks’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.