IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-30485 Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee, versus

GERALD SMITH,

Defendant- Appellant.

------------------------------------------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 99-CR-30015-3 -------------------------------------------------------- February 9, 2001

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

Court-appointed counsel for Gerald Smith has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a

brief pursuant to Anders v. California,

(1967). Smith has received a copy of counsel’s

motion and brief, and he has filed a pro se brief of his own. Our review of the briefs filed by counsel

and Smith and of the record discloses no nonfrivolous point for appeal. Accordingly, the motion for

leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities, and the APPEAL

IS DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.