[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

Nov. 25, 2009

No. 08-12304 THOMAS K. KAHN

Non-Argument Calendar CLERK

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D. C. Docket No. 95-00017-CR-WLS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus RUSSELL GLENN MALONE,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Georgia

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(November 25, 2009) Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

Demetria Nicole Williams, appointed counsel for Russell Glenn Malone in this appeal from the district court’s denial of Malone’s motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), 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 the district court’s denial of Malone’s § 3582(c)(2) motion is AFFIRMED.

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