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             IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                 FILED
                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                       ________________________  ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                             OCT 6, 2008
                              No. 08-10959                 THOMAS K. KAHN
                          Non-Argument Calendar                CLERK
                        ________________________

                    D. C. Docket No. 04-20139-CR-JEM

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                            Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                   versus

MARIO MELO,

                                                         Defendant-Appellant.


                        ________________________

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

                             (October 6, 2008)

Before BIRCH, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Neal Gary Rosensweig, counsel for Mario Melo, has filed a motion to
withdraw on appeal supported by a brief prepared pursuant to Anders v.

California, 

, 

, 

(1967). Because our

independent review of the entire record reveals no issues of arguable merit,

counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED and Melo’s sentence following

re-sentencing is AFFIRMED. We DENY as moot Melo’s motion to dismiss

counsel on appeal, and we DENY Melo’s motions to dismiss his appeal and/or

hold his appeal in abeyance.




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