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Date Created: 2023-09-08 00:00:26.485126+00
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Case: 23-10113         Document: 00516887165             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/07/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-10113
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                              September 7, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Victor Idowu,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:21-CR-436-2
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Haynes, and Graves, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Victor Idowu 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).
   Idowu has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow
   us to make a fair evaluation of Idowu’s claim of ineffective assistance of

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   counsel; 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).
   Idowu also seeks the appointment of substitute counsel, but his motion is
   DENIED as untimely. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03
   (5th Cir. 1998).
          We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Idowu’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.
          However, the record reflects clerical errors in the written judgment.
   First, although the written judgment was amended to correct the restitution
   award, including to reduce the restitution amount to $508,840, Idowu’s
   amended judgment still contains two references to the original erroneous
   restitution amount of $1,167,228. Second, Idowu was indicted on a single
   count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, but the record reflects
   that he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Therefore, the
   judgment should be amended to reflect that offense of conviction.
   Accordingly, we REMAND for the limited purpose of correction of these
   clerical errors in the amended written judgment in accordance with Federal
   Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.

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