Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dawis GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-29
Citations: 441 F. App'x 711
Docket Number: No. 10-12956
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dawis GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 441
Pages: 711–712

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dawis GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-12956
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 29, 2011.
Evelyn Baltodano-Sheehan, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney, Sean Thomas McLaughlin, Christopher Párente, Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Maria Elena Perez, Maria E. Perez, PA, Coral Gables, FL, Dawis Gonzalez, USP Big Sandy-Inmate Trust Fund, Inez, KY, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Maria Elena Pérez, appointed counsel for Dawis Gonzalez 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, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the entire record reveals that counsel has correctly assessed the relative merit of this appeal from the judgment and commitment order entered in June 17, 2010. Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel's motion to withdraw from representing Gonzalez in his direct appeal is GRANTED, and the convictions and sentences imposed in the June order are AFFIRMED. Nevertheless, because the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter an amended judgment and commitment order on September 8, 2010, while the present appeal was pending, the judgment in this case is VACATED. The matter is now REMANDED for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to consider the government's motion to reduce Gonzalez's sentences, and to re-enter the amended judgment if it deems that action appropriate. See United States v. Russell, 776 F.2d 955, 956 (11th Cir.1985) (holding that the district court lacked jurisdiction to entertain, during the pen-dency of an appeal, a motion filed pursuant to a prior version of Rule 35(b)); see also United States v. Turchen, 187 F.3d 735, 743 (7th Cir.1999) (reaching the same conclusion with respect to a motion filed pursuant to the current version of Rule 35(b)).