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Date Created: 2023-11-10 01:00:39.922918+00
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Case: 23-50265         Document: 00516963230             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/09/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50265
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               November 9, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Oswaldo Ordonez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:21-CR-725-6
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Oswaldo Ordonez 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).
   Ordonez has filed a response, in which he asserts a claim of ineffective
   assistance of trial counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                     No. 23-50265

   us to make a fair evaluation of this claim, so we decline to consider it 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 Ordonez’s response. We concur with
   counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issues for
   appellate review. The motion for leave to withdraw is therefore
   GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities herein, and
   the appeal is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. To the extent that
   Ordonez seeks substitution of counsel, his motion is DENIED. See United
   States v. Breeland, 53 F.3d 100, 106 n.11 (5th Cir. 1995).

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