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Date Created: 2024-02-27 19:01:26.078267+00
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Case: 23-40179            Document: 73-1        Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/27/2024

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

                                    No. 23-40179                          FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                February 27, 2024
                                  ____________                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                          Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Hector David Lopez Martinez,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:19-CR-323-1
                   ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Hector David Lopez Martinez
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). Lopez Martinez has filed a response. We have reviewed
counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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well as Lopez Martinez’s response, which we directed counsel to have
translated into English. See United States v. Moreno-Torres, 768 F.3d 439, 441
n.2 (5th Cir. 2014).
       It is dispositive that the Government has declined to waive the
untimeliness of the appeal. See United States v. Pesina-Rodriguez, 825 F.3d
787, 788 (5th Cir. 2016) (per curiam). Accordingly, without prejudice to a
future 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion that Lopez Martinez may file, 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.

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