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Case: 21-20568         Document: 00516867160             Page: 1       Date Filed: 08/22/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                    United States Court of Appeals
                                                                               Fifth Circuit

                                       No. 21-20568
                                                                             FILED
                                                                       August 22, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                             Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Hitesh Madhubhai Patel,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:16-CR-385-7
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The attorney appointed to represent Hitesh Madhubhai Patel has
   moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief and supplemental brief in
   accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States
   v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Patel has filed a response to the
   original brief. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   fair evaluation of Patel’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we
   therefore decline to consider the claims without prejudice to collateral
   review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).
          We have reviewed counsel’s briefs and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Patel’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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