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Parties Involved:
Hugo Mercado-Juarez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-50402

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

HUGO MERCADO-JUAREZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Cons. w/ No. 14-50404

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

HUGO MERCADO JUAREZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 2:13-CR-1046-1

USDC No. 2:13-CR-1562-1

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

June 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

Case: 14-50402 Document: 00513080532 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/16/2015
No. 14-50402

c/w No. 14-50404

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Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Hugo MercadoJuarez 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). Mercado-Juarez has filed a response. The record is 

not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of MercadoJuarez’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to 

consider the claim without prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. 

Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 123 (2014).

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

reflected therein, as well as Mercado-Juarez’s response. We concur with 

counsel’s assessment that the appeals present 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 

APPEALS ARE DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

 

* 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.

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