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Parties Involved:
Juan Francisco Noriega-Alanis
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-40360

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JUAN FRANCISCO NORIEGA-ALANIS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:18-CR-1234-1

Before CLEMENT, GRAVES, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Juan Francisco 

Noriega-Alanis 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). Noriega-Alanis has not filed a response

but moves for the appointment of substitute counsel. We have reviewed 

counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We 

* 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 18, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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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. Noriega-Alanis’s motion for 

the appointment of substitute counsel is DENIED as untimely. See United 

States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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