Opinion
No. 09-11909 Non-Argument Calendar.
December 4, 2009.
Patricia D. Barksdale, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
William Charles Fletcher, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 08-00139-CR-J-34JRK.
Before BLACK, PRYOR and HILL, Circuit Judges.
W. Charles Fletcher, appointed appellate counsel for Adan Gonzales, has filed a motion to withdraw from further representation, supported by a brief prepared 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 is correct. Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Gonzales's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.