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Date Created: 2024-04-16 00:00:36.792732+00
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Case: 23-50643            Document: 50-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/15/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-50643
                                  Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                  ____________                                  April 15, 2024
                                                                               Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Adrian Christopher Aguilar,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 5:19-CR-181-1
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Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Adrian
Christopher Aguilar 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). Aguilar has filed a response. The
record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50643        Document: 50-1       Page: 2     Date Filed: 04/15/2024

                                  No. 23-50643

Aguilar’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial
misconduct; 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);
United States v. Corbett, 742 F.2d 173, 176–78 (5th Cir. 1984). We DENY
Aguilar’s request to seal his pro se response. See S.E.C. v. Van Waeyenberghe,
990 F.2d 845, 848 (5th Cir. 1993).
       We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the
record reflected therein, as well as Aguilar’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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