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Parties Involved:
Sergio Galvan-Puente
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-40197

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SERGIO GALVAN-PUENTE,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:15-CR-818-1

Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Sergio GalvanPuente 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). Galvan-Puente has filed a response.

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

reflected therein, as well as Galvan-Puente’s response. Although Galvan-

 

* 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

September 16, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Puente signed a document entitled “Decision Regarding My Appeal,” in which 

he stated that he wished to appeal only his sentence, we have reviewed the 

validity of both the conviction and sentence. We concur with counsel’s 

assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review.

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

evaluation of Galvan-Puente’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

unrelated to the “Decision Regarding My Appeal”; we therefore decline to 

consider those claims without prejudice to collateral review. See United States 

v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).

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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