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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
No. 09-11035 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Non-Argument Calendar
THOMAS K. KAHN
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CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 08-20928-CR-CMA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOEL JAMES LYNCH,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(October 22, 2009)
Before TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Mark Graham Hanson, appointed counsel for Joel James Lynch, filed a
motion to withdraw on appeal, 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 of
the appeal is correct. Because independent examination of the entire record, as
well as Lynch’s response to counsel’s motion to withdraw, reveals no arguable
issue of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Lynch’s
conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.
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