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Date Created: 2022-08-25 19:01:16.200631+00
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USCA11 Case: 22-10414      Date Filed: 08/25/2022   Page: 1 of 3

                                           [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                            In the
         United States Court of Appeals
                  For the Eleventh Circuit

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                          No. 22-10414
                    Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAMES D. SPENCE, JR.,

                                      Defendant-Appellant.
                   ____________________

          Appeals from the United States District Court
                for the Middle District of Florida
          D.C. Docket Nos. 3:98-cr-00144-MMH-LLL-1,
                   1:11-cr-00087-MMH-MCR-1
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USCA11 Case: 22-10414      Date Filed: 08/25/2022   Page: 2 of 3

2                    Opinion of the Court                22-10414

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                         No. 22-10415
                   Non-Argument Calendar
                   ____________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                               Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAMES D. SPENCE, JR.,

                                            Defendant-Appellant.

                   ____________________

         Appeals from the United States District Court
               for the Middle District of Florida
         D.C. Docket Nos. 3:11-cr-00087-MMH-MCR-1,
                  3:98-cr-00144-MMH-LLL-1
                   ____________________

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, ROSENBAUM, and
BRASHER, Circuit Judges.
USCA11 Case: 22-10414             Date Filed: 08/25/2022         Page: 3 of 3

22-10414                   Opinion of the Court                               3

PER CURIAM:
       Adam Labonte, appointed counsel for James Spence in this
consolidated appeal from the denial of his motions for compassion-
ate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), 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 as-
sessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. 1 Because
independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable
issue of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and
the denial of Spence’s motions are AFFIRMED.

        1 We decline counsel’s invitation to adopt the position of other Circuit
Courts of Appeals regarding the applicability of Anders to the denial of mo-
tions for compassionate release.