USA v. Jose Freddy Medina-Valencia

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
OCTOBER 26, 2011
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 10-15752
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 8:07-cr-00439-JSM-MAP-3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
llllllllllllllllllll l Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOSE FREDDY MEDINA-VALENCIA,
a.k.a. El Indio,
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(October 26, 2011)
Before EDMONDSON, CARNES and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Cynthia Hernandez, appointed counsel for Jose Medina-Valencia, has filed
a motion to withdraw on appeal, supported by a brief prepared pursuant to Anders

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v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).
Medina-Valencia, in response, has filed a motion seeking permission to proceed in
forma pauperis, and to file a pro se brief. 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
Medina-Valencia’s conviction and sentence is AFFIRMED.
Medina-Valencia’s motion seeking permission to proceed in forma
pauperis, and to file a pro se brief, is DENIED as moot.
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