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2-4-2004

USA v. Austin
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 02-3308




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                                                   NOT PRECEDENTIAL

        THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
               FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

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                        No. 02-3308
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              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                              vs.

                       JAMES AUSTIN

                              Appellant.

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 ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

               (D.C. Criminal No. 01-cr-00130-1)
        District Judge: The Honorable Petrese B. Tucker

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          Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                      January 26, 2004


BEFORE: NYGAARD, FUENTES, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.




                   (Filed: February 4, 2004)

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                                OPINION OF THE COURT
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NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

              Appellant James Austin pleaded guilty to seven counts related to trafficking

in crack cocaine. The District Court sentenced the Appellant to ninety-seven months

imprisonment. Austin filed a notice of appeal, pro se, and his appointed counsel, Jeremy

C. Gelb, Esq., filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 

(1967).

Counsel indicated that there are no non-frivolous issues for appeal.

              We have carefully reviewed the Appellant’s brief, along with the responsive

brief of the United States and other matters of record. Austin did not file a pro se brief.

We conclude, after our own review of the entire record, that the District Court did not err.

Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court will be affirmed.

              The motion of defense counsel to withdraw will be granted.




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TO THE CLERK:

              Please file the foregoing opinion.




                                              /s/ Richard L. Nygaard
                                              _________________________________
                                              Circuit Judge

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