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Parties Involved:
Marco Antonio Filos
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

for the Fifth Circuit ____________

No. 24-30006

Summary Calendar

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United States of America, 

Plaintiff—Appellee,

versus

Marco Antonio Filos, 

Defendant—Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court 

for the Middle District of Louisiana

USDC No. 3:22-CR-68-4

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Before Smith, Stewart, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam:*

The attorney appointed to represent Marco Filos moves to withdraw 

and has filed a brief per Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United 

States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Filos has filed a response. 

The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair 

evaluation of Filos’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore 

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* This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 8, 2025

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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decline to consider the claims, without prejudice to collateral review. See 

United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014). Moreover, Filos’s 

challenges to his sentence are barred by his valid appellate waiver. See United 

States v. McKinney, 406 F.3d 744, 746 (5th Cir. 2005); United States v. Baty, 

980 F.2d 977, 979 (5th Cir. 1992). 

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

Filos’s response. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly, the motion to 

withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities 

herein, and the appeal is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

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