Opinion
No. 07-15653 Non-Argument Calendar.
August 26, 2009.
Susan Hollis Rothstein-Youakim, US Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Daniel Edward Bolyard, Pensacola, FL, pro se.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 07-00026-CR-FTM-29SPC.
Before BIRCH, HULL and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Thomas Ostrander, appointed counsel for Daniel Edward Bolyard 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, 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 Bolyard's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. Bolyard's motion for the appointment of new counsel is DENIED AS MOOT.