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Parties Involved:
Rudy Alberto Gonzalez-Santos
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-41001

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RUDY ALBERTO GONZALEZ-SANTOS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:19-CR-1971-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Rudy Alberto 

Gonzalez-Santos 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). Gonzalez-Santos has filed a response. 

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

Gonzalez-Santos’s claim 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

June 1, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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decline to consider the claim 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 Gonzalez-Santos’s response. 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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