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Case: 23-20058            Document: 70-1        Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/20/2024

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

                                   ____________                                    FILED
                                                                              March 20, 2024
                                    No. 23-20058                              Lyle W. Cayce
                                  Summary Calendar                                 Clerk
                                  ____________

United States of America,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Xavier Jay Reyes,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:21-CR-165-1
                   ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Xavier Jay Reyes
has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief and supplemental brief
in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United
States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). With the benefit of liberal
construction, Reyes’s most recent pleading in this court constitutes a motion

      _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                 No. 23-20058

to file an out-of-time response to the supplemental Anders brief, a response
to the supplemental brief, and a motion for an extension of time to file an
additional response. To the extent Reyes has raised a claim of ineffective
assistance of counsel in his response, the record is not sufficiently developed
to allow us to make a fair evaluation of the claim; 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 Reyes’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. Reyes’s motion to file
an out-of-time response is GRANTED to the extent he asks to us to
consider the arguments in his pro se letter. Reyes’s motion for an extension
of time to file an additional response is DENIED.

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