United States v. Eliseo Cruz

Case: 12-12443 Date Filed: 12/14/2012 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-12443 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 0:12-cr-60008-WPD-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner-Appellee, versus ELISEO CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (December 14, 2012) Before HULL, PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Robin J. Farnsworth, on behalf of Michael Caruso, Interim Federal Public Defender and appointed counsel for Eliseo Cruz, has filed a motion to withdraw on Case: 12-12443 Date Filed: 12/14/2012 Page: 2 of 2 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 reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Cruz’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2