Court Opinion

ID: 9945886
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-28 19:00:54.047402+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:23:16.278170
License: Public Domain

Case: 23-10723            Document: 54-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/28/2024

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

                                    No. 23-10723
                                                                                    FILED
                                                                             February 28, 2024
                                  Summary Calendar
                                  ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                    Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Christopher Jerome Tucker,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:23-CR-115-1
                   ______________________________

Before King, Haynes, and Graves, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Christopher Jerome Tucker 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). Tucker has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently
developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Tucker’s claims of

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10723       Document: 54-1       Page: 2    Date Filed: 02/28/2024

                                 No. 23-10723

ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims
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 Tucker’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. Tucker’s motion for
the appointment of new counsel is DENIED as untimely. See United States
v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

                                      2