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Date Created: 2020-06-30 18:00:22.102974+00
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Case: 18-11627      Document: 00515471801         Page: 1    Date Filed: 06/30/2020

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                    No. 18-11627
                                                                                FILED
                                                                            June 30, 2020
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ISRAEL VASQUEZ,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 3:14-CR-266-9

Before CLEMENT, GRAVES, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Israel Vasquez has moved for leave
to withdraw and has filed briefs in accordance with Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011).
Vasquez has filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s briefs and the
relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Vasquez’s response.
We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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issue for appellate review. Accordingly, counsel’s 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. Vasquez’s motion for the
appointment of substitute counsel or to proceed pro se is DENIED. See United
States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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