Opinion of the Court — United States v. Ramos

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Type: Opinion of the Court
Filed: April 25, 2002
Case: United States v. Ramos
Case status: Decided

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ORDER This is a direct appeal from a judgment and commitment order in which counsel for the defendant moves to withdraw from appellate representation. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a). In 2000, a federal grand jury named David Samingo Ramos and another individual in a two-count indictment for conspiring to distribute marijuana and over 500 grams of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 . Ramos agreed to plead guilty to the indictment and the court accepted the plea. Ramos was found guilty of both counts and sentenced to a seventy-eight month term of imprisonment. This appeal followed. Counsel for Ramos filed a motion to withdraw from this appeal and filed a “no merit” brief pursuant to Rule 101(f), Rules of the Sixth Circuit and Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Ramos was served with this motion and a copy of the brief and was invited to respond, but he has not done so. On June 5, 2000, law enforcement agents at the Phoenix, Arizona, airport noticed that P…

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