The attorney appointed to represent Daniel Alan Gunnels has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Gunnels has filed a response in which he raises claims that counsel rendered ineffective assistance and that the district court erred by denying his § 3582 motion because Amendment 709 may be retroactively applied. Additionally, he contends that his original sentence was improper and that the district court should have granted his § 3582 motion to correct it. Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Gunnels’s response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly, the motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.