USCA11 Case: 24-11620 Document: 25-1 Date Filed: 02/28/2025 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-11620 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MICHAEL ANTONIO BLACKMON, a.k.a. Michael Blackmon,

Defendant-Appellant.

____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 1:23-cr-00191-ECM-JTA-2 USCA11 Case: 24-11620 Document: 25-1 Date Filed: 02/28/2025 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 24-11620 ____________________ Before NEWSOM, BRANCH, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: Thomas Goggans, appointed counsel for Michael Blackmon in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Our independent review of the record reveals that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. 1 Because independent examination of the record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Blackmon’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.

1 We do not reach Blackmon’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims because the record is insufficiently developed to permit meaningful review of those claims at this stage. See United States v. Patterson, 595 F.3d 1324, 1328–29 (11th Cir. 2010).