United States v. Thomas Mellor Bains

Case: 16-12928 Date Filed: 04/25/2017 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-12928 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 4:15-cr-00005-RH-CAS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus THOMAS MELLOR BAINS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida ________________________ (April 25, 2017) Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 16-12928 Date Filed: 04/25/2017 Page: 2 of 2 Michael Ufferman, appointed counsel for Thomas Mellor Bains in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (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 Bains’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2