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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-14998 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:00-cr-00082-JES-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus THELTON JACOB, a.k.a. Dred, a.k.a. Boogie, a.k.a. Paul Jacob, Defendant-Appellant.

__________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (July 15, 2016) Before HULL, JORDAN and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: The Office of the Federal Public Defender, appointed appellate counsel for Thelton Jacob in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further Case: 15-14998 Date Filed: 07/15/2016 Page: 2 of 2

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 Jacob=s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.