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Date Created: 2023-04-03 18:00:50.160738+00
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Case: 22-51049         Document: 00516698260             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/03/2023

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

                                                                                        FILED
                                        No. 22-51049                                  April 3, 2023
                                      ____________
                                                                                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                           Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Balentin Martinez Quinones,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 6:99-CR-13-7
                      ______________________________

   Before Elrod, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Balentin Martinez Quinones, federal prisoner # 33632-077, moves to
   withdraw his appeal from the district court’s denial of his motion for a
   sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).                    Although he
   nominally requests to withdraw his appeal without prejudice, Quinones has
   not requested a stay, and, therefore, he is not entitled to such a dismissal. See
   5th Cir. R. 42.4.               Quinones has expressed his intent to file a

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-51049     Document: 00516698260          Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/03/2023

                                   No. 22-51049

   § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion in the district court instead, and he now has filed
   that motion. Thus, we construe the instant motion as requesting the
   voluntary dismissal of the appeal with prejudice.
          IT IS ORDERED that the motion, as construed, is GRANTED.
   See Fed. R. App. P. 42(b); 5th Cir. R. 42.1.                 The appeal is
   DISMISSED.

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