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Case: 15-13868    Date Filed: 10/13/2016   Page: 1 of 2

                                                            [DO NOT PUBLISH]

               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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                                 No. 15-13868
                             Non-Argument Calendar
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                    D.C. Docket No. 6:14-cr-00248-JA-GJK-l

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                             Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                      versus

JEAN ROUSSEL ELOI,

                                                             Defendant-Appellant.
                               _________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Florida
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                                (October 13, 2016)

Before TJOFLAT, WILLIAM PRYOR and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

      Robert Godfrey, appointed appellate counsel for Jean Eloi, has filed a motion

to withdraw on 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
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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 Eloi's convictions and sentences are AFFIRMED. All pending

motions are DENIED as moot.1

       1
          We acknowledge that Eloi expressed dissatisfaction with trial counsel’s performance
and that he might wish to argue that his counsel was ineffective. Such claims, however,
generally “are not considered for the first time on direct appeal,” but rather are best reserved for
postconviction proceedings. United States v. Tyndale, 209 F.3d 1292, 1294 (11th Cir. 2000);
see Massaro v. United States, 538 U.S. 500, 504-05 (2003).
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