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Parties Involved:
Jose Guadalupe Garcia-Rodriguez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-40540

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE GUADALUPE GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:15-CR-974-1

Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jose Guadalupe

Garcia-Rodriguez 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). Garcia-Rodriguez has filed a response. 

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

Garcia-Rodriguez’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore

 

* 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 16, 2016

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).

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

reflected therein, as well as Garcia-Rodriguez’s response. Although GarciaRodriguez signed a document entitled “Decision Regarding My Appeal,” in 

which he stated that he wished to appeal only his sentence, we have reviewed 

the validity of both the conviction and sentence. We concur with counsel’s 

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

Accordingly, the 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.

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