USA v. Thomas Bains

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Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Thomas Mellor Bains. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. Motion to withdraw as counsel filed by Michael Robert Ufferman is GRANTED. [8003270-2]. (See 04/25/2017 opinion)(EEC/BBM/RLA) The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.

Case: 16-12928

Date Filed: 04/25/2017

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[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 16-12928
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 4:15-cr-00005-RH-CAS-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
THOMAS MELLOR BAINS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida
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(April 25, 2017)
Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

Case: 16-12928

Date Filed: 04/25/2017

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Michael Ufferman, appointed counsel for Thomas Mellor Bains in this direct
criminal appeal, 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 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 Bains’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.

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