Court Opinion

ID: 4409306
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-06-22 00:00:20.310083+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:52:51.350567
License: Public Domain

Case: 18-40382      Document: 00515006459         Page: 1    Date Filed: 06/21/2019

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                     United States Court of Appeals
                                                                              Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 18-40382                            FILED
                                 Conference Calendar                    June 21, 2019
                                                                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                            Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSUE OBETH CRUZ-GARCIA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 1:17-CR-563-2

Before KING, ELROD, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Josue Obeth Cruz-Garcia 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-Garcia has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently
developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of his claim of ineffective

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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: 18-40382    Document: 00515006459     Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/21/2019

                                 No. 18-40382

assistance of counsel; we therefore 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 Cruz-Garcia’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.

                                       2