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Date Created: 2022-11-28 19:00:23.63234+00
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Case: 22-40171      Document: 00516557475         Page: 1     Date Filed: 11/28/2022

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

                                                                               FILED
                                  No. 22-40171                         November 28, 2022
                                Summary Calendar                          Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                               Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                              Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                       versus

   Ruben Cruz-Cruz,

                                                           Defendant—Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:21-CR-1719-1

   Before Jolly, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Ruben Cruz-
   Cruz 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). Cruz-Cruz has filed a response. The record is not

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 22-40171     Document: 00516557475          Page: 2   Date Filed: 11/28/2022

                                   No. 22-40171

   sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Cruz-Cruz’s
   claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider
   the claim without prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. Isgar,
   739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).
         We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Cruz-Cruz’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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