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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 20-13642
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 5:94-cr-05004-LC-MD-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ALPHONSE GAINER,
a.k.a. Daddy Black,
a.k.a. Phillip L. Black,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida
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(April 27, 2021)
Before JORDAN, GRANT and LUCK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Michael Ufferman, appointed counsel for Alphonse Gainer in this appeal of
the denial of a federal prisoner’s motion for sentence reduction under the First Step
Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404,
132 Stat. 5194, 522 (“First Step Act”),
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 the
district court’s denial of Gainer’s motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to the
First Step Act is AFFIRMED.
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