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Parties Involved:
Mario Barajas-Barajas
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40399

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARIO BARAJAS-BARAJAS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:13-CR-1018-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Mario BarajasBarajas (Barajas) has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in 

accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), United States v. 

Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011), and United States v. Moreno-Torres, 768 

F.3d 439, 441 n.2 (5th Cir. 2014). Barajas has filed two responses. The record 

is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Barajas’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

March 31, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore deny those claims

without prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 

841 (5th Cir. 2014).

We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record, 

as well as Barajas’s responses. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the 

appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. The motion for 

leave to withdraw is therefore GRANTED, and counsel is excused from further 

responsibilities. Barajas’s motions to vacate the judgment of the district court 

and remand for resentencing are DENIED, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. 

See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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