United States v. Garrette Ragland

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DECEMBER 11, 2009 No. 09-11233 THOMAS K. KAHN Non-Argument Calendar CLERK ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 00-00594-CR-1-JTC-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus GARRETTE RAGLAND, a.k.a. P-Rag, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _________________________ (December 11, 2009) Before CARNES, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Thomas C. Wooldridge, appointed counsel for Garrette Ragland in this appeal from the district court’s order granting the government’s Rule 35(b) motion, 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 Ragland’s amended sentence is AFFIRMED. 2