UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DANZAVIERAN DURAND THURMAN
March 10, 2026·2:21-cr-00103-TPB-KCD-1·Per Curiam·By James Taylor
The Eleventh Circuit granted appointed counsel's motion to withdraw from representing the appellant in a direct criminal appeal. The court affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion for sentence reduction under the compassionate release statute.
The appellant, Danzavieran Durand Thurman, filed a direct criminal appeal and a motion for sentence reduction under Section eighteen U.S.C. thirty-five hundred eighty-two subsection C paragraph two. Appointed counsel moved to withdraw, filing a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, arguing that the appeal lacked arguable issues of merit.
The court’s reasoning
The court conducted an independent review of the entire record to assess the relative merit of the appeal. The examination revealed no arguable issues of merit, confirming counsel’s assessment that the appeal was frivolous.
What it means going forward
Appointed counsel is relieved of further representation, and the district court’s denial of the sentence reduction motion stands.
