UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lafonda Monta GREEN, Defendant-Appellant, 227 F. App'x 833

PER CURIAM: Patrick O. Sims, appointed appellate counsel for Lafonda Monta Green, has filed a motion to withdraw on appeal, supported by a brief prepared pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (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, Green’s motion for appointment of new counsel is DENIED as moot, . and his convictions and sentences are AFFIRMED. .

Sims has titled his motion as: (1) “motion tor leave to file motion to withdraw;” and (2) "motion to renew appellant’s Anders brief out of time.” We construe Sims’s motions as one motion to withdraw, and, therefore, collectively refer to counsel’s "motion to withdraw.”