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Parties Involved:
Sabino Molina-Morales
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-40683

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SABINO MOLINA-MORALES, also known as Gabino Molina-Morales,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:15-CR-17

Before WIENER, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Sabino MolinaMorales has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance 

with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 

F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Molina-Morales has filed a response. We have 

reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected 

therein, as well as Molina-Morales’s response. We concur with counsel’s 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 30, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 

Accordingly, counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is 

excused from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. 

See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. Molina-Morales’s motion for the appointment of new 

counsel is DENIED. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th 

Cir. 1998).

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