Opinion
No. 08-17060 Non-Argument Calendar.
August 13, 2009.
Paul Esson, Lovejoy, GA, pro se.
Kathleen M. Salyer, Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 08-20517-CR-JAL.
Before HULL, PRYOR and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Howard J. Schumacher, appointed counsel for Paul Esson, 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 Esson's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.