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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-10415
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 8:11-cr-00449-RAL-TBM-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
GILBERTO SIERRA-BORBOLLA,
a.k.a. Humberto Reyes-Olvera,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(October 3, 2012)
Before WILSON, JORDAN and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Stephen U. Baer, counsel for Gilberto Sierra-Borbolla in this direct criminal
appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed
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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 Sierra-Borbolla’s convictions and sentences are
AFFIRMED.
Sierra-Borbolla’s motion for court appointed counsel is DENIED as moot.
Further, his motion to appeal his sentence based upon alleged ineffective assistance
of counsel is DENIED. Such a claim, if available, should be brought in a motion
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, rather than on direct appeal. We express no view on
what effect, if any, the plea agreement’s collateral attack waiver will have in a future
§ 2255 proceeding. See Williams v. United States, 396 F.3d 1340, 1342 n.2 (11th Cir.
2005) (declining to address whether collateral attack waiver would extend to a claim
of ineffective assistance of counsel “in entering or negotiating the plea”); Patel v.
United States, 252 Fed. Appx. 970, 975 (11th Cir. 2007) (unpublished) (collateral
attack waiver did not bar § 2255 challenge to “validity of . . . guilty plea”).
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