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Parties Involved:
Manuel Pineda-Higuera
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 16-11692

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cr-00242-MHC-LTW-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

MANUEL PINEDA-HIGUERA, 

a.k.a. Rodolfo Almason-Avila, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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 (March 10, 2017)

Before MARCUS, JULIE CARNES and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Lynn Fant Merritt, appointed counsel for Manuel Pineda-Higuera 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). 

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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 Pineda-Higuera’s conviction and sentence is AFFIRMED.

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