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Date Created: 2020-03-18 18:00:19.922097+00
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Case: 19-40360      Document: 00515348854         Page: 1    Date Filed: 03/18/2020

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

                                                                                  FILED
                                    No. 19-40360                            March 18, 2020
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                             Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                  Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JUAN FRANCISCO NORIEGA-ALANIS,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:18-CR-1234-1

Before CLEMENT, GRAVES, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Juan Francisco
Noriega-Alanis 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). Noriega-Alanis has not filed a response
but moves for the appointment of substitute counsel.                 We have reviewed
counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents 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
APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. Noriega-Alanis’s motion for
the appointment of substitute counsel is DENIED as untimely. See United
States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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