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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Tony Converse Watkins
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-11212

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

TONY CONVERSE WATKINS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CR-78-26 

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The attorney appointed to represent Tony Converse Watkins 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). Watkins has filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief 

and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Watkins’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

August 3, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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response. We concur with counsel’s 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. Watkins’s 

motions to appoint substitute counsel, take judicial notice, and compel counsel 

to provide a copy of the record are DENIED.

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