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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 09-14374 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JULY 26, 2010 Non-Argument Calendar JOHN LEY ________________________ CLERK D. C. Docket No. 07-00018-CR-HL-5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee, versus TAVARES MIDDLEBROOKS, a.k.a. Snoop, Defendant-Appellant.

________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia _________________________ (July 26, 2010) Before EDMONDSON, MARTIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: John R. Francisco, appointed counsel for Tavares Middlebrooks, has filed a motion to withdraw from further representation, 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 is correct. Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Middlebrooks’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.