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Parties Involved:
Cedrick Rodgers
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

F I L E D

February 13, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 02-21178

Summary Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

CEDRICK RODGERS,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-01-CV-2105

USDC No. H-99-CR-737-2

Before JONES, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Larry Chris Iles, court-appointed counsel for Cedrick

Rodgers, has filed a motion for leave to withdraw as counsel

pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting

that Rodgers’s appeal does not present a nonfrivolous issue. See

Dinkins v. Alabama, 526 F.2d 1268, 1269 (5th Cir. 1976). Rodgers

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has filed a response to counsel’s motion, arguing that his appeal

raises nonfrivolous claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Our independent review of counsel’s Anders brief,

Rodgers’s response and the record discloses no nonfrivolous issue

for appeal. 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. The request for

a COA, requested implicitly by the notice of appeal, is DENIED.

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