United States v. Stevlein Stephon Bivins

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 18-12937
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 3:11-cr-00232-BJD-MCR-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
STEVLEIN BIVINS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(December 11, 2018)
Before MARTIN, JORDAN and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Rosemary Cakmis, appointed counsel for Stevlein Bivins in this direct
criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the
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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 Bivins’s judgment of revocation and sentence are AFFIRMED. 1
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We note that Bivins was apparently released from custody during the pendency of this
appeal, and that he is not currently serving a term of supervised release. To the extent Bivins’s
release renders his appeal moot, the proceedings are hereby dismissed. See United States v.
Farmer, 923 F.2d 1557, 1568 (11th Cir. 1991) (holding that appeal from sentence was rendered
moot by the defendant’s release from custody).
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