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Date Created: 2024-02-07 19:01:25.846747+00
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Case: 22-30817         Document: 00517058495             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/07/2024

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-30817
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               February 7, 2024
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Victor Welton,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Middle District of Louisiana
                               USDC No. 3:19-CR-154-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jolly, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Victor Welton
   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). Welton has filed a response. The record is not
   sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Welton’s claims

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   of ineffective assistance of counsel or his claims that his guilty plea was
   coerced; 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, 175-78 & n.11 (5th Cir. 1984).
          We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Welton’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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