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Date Created: 2023-02-14 01:00:26.427091+00
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Case: 22-20134         Document: 00516644405             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/13/2023

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

                                                                                      FILED
                                       No. 22-20134                            February 13, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________                                     Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Joaquin Guillermo David-Usuga,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:18-CR-469-1
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Joaquin Guillermo David-Usuga
   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). David-Usuga has filed a response. The record is not
   sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of David-Usuga’s

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-20134

   claims of 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 David-Usuga’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.

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