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                      IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                   FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT           FILED
                                    ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                   ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                            No. 10-13797              FEB 28, 2011
                                                                       JOHN LEY
                                        Non-Argument Calendar            CLERK
                                      ________________________

                               D.C. Docket No. 1:08-cr-20079-PAS-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                                 versus

JOSE TAVARES,
a.k.a. Dino Cabassa,

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll                         Defendant-Appellant.

                                     ________________________

                           Appeal from the United States District Court
                               for the Southern District of Florida
                                 ________________________

                                           (February 28, 2011)

Before CARNES. WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
       Tracy Dreispul, appointed counsel for Jose Taveras1 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’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 Taveras’s convictions and

sentences are AFFIRMED.

       1
         While the Appellant’s name is spelled “Tavares” on this Court’s docket, his indictment
identifies him as “Taveras,” and we therefore adopt that latter spelling for this opinion.

                                               2