UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-4953
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
MICHAEL ANTHONY MOORE, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr.,
District Judge. (CR-04-500)
Submitted: March 23, 2006 Decided: March 28, 2006
Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Louis C. Allen III, Federal Public Defender, William S. Trivette,
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for
Appellant. Kearns Davis, Assistant United States Attorney,
Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Michael Anthony Moore, Jr., appeals his conviction and
120-month sentence imposed following a guilty plea to possession of
a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) (2000). Moore’s attorney has filed
a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), raising three issues but stating that he finds no
meritorious grounds for appeal. The Government did not file an
answering brief, and although he was advised of his right to do so,
Moore did not file a pro se supplemental brief.
Moore, through counsel, asserts that the district court
imposed an unreasonable sentence. We find that Moore’s sentence,
which was imposed within the properly calculated Guidelines range
and was the statutory mandatory minimum, was reasonable. See
United States v. Green, 436 F.3d 449 (4th Cir. 2006).
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire
record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for
appeal. We therefore affirm Moore’s conviction and sentence. This
court requires that counsel inform his client, in writing, of his
right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for
further review. If the client requests that a petition be filed,
but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then
counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from
representation. Counsel’s motion must state that a copy there of
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was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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