Court Opinion

ID: 3178419
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-02-18 16:05:31.000595+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:17:52.330906
License: Public Domain

Case: 15-40965      Document: 00513384456         Page: 1    Date Filed: 02/17/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 15-40965
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         February 17, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE HUGO VAZQUEZ-PONCE,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 7:15-CR-323-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jose Hugo Vazquez-
Ponce (“Vazquez”) 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). In response to counsel’s Anders motion
and brief, Vazquez has filed a motion for the appointment of new counsel. We
have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
    Case: 15-40965   Document: 00513384456    Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/17/2016

                               No. 15-40965

therein, as well as Vazquez’s motion. We 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. Vazquez’s motion for the appointment of new counsel is
DENIED.

                                     2