IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 01-40630
                         Conference Calendar


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                            Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

GUILLERMO MIRANDA,

                                            Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                     USDC No. C-00-CR-392-1
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                        October 30, 2002

Before DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Court-appointed counsel for Guillermo Miranda (Miranda) has

requested leave to withdraw and has filed a brief as required by

Anders v. California, 

(1967).      Miranda has not

responded to his attorney’s motion.      Our independent review of

counsel’s brief and the record discloses no nonfrivolous issue

for appeal.    Counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED,

counsel is excused from further responsibilities, and the appeal

is DISMISSED.    See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.



     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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MOTION GRANTED; APPEAL DISMISSED.