Opinion
No. 09-11549 Non-Argument Calendar.
December 17, 2009.
Gwendolyn L. Spivey, Federal Defender Office, Tallahassee, FL, Thomas S. Keith, Federal Public Defender's Office, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
E. Bryan Wilson, Tallahassee, FL, Thomas P. Swaim, Nancy J. Hess, United States Attorney's Office, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 08-00112-CR-3-RV.
Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Gwendolyn Spivey, appointed counsel for Manuel Vasquez-Ortiz in this direct criminal appeal has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant, because, in her opinion, the appeal is without merit. Counsel has 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 Vasquez-Ortiz's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.