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Date Created: 2023-02-28 19:00:54.056104+00
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Case: 22-10537         Document: 00516658865             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/28/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-10537
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                              February 28, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   John David Gonzales,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 6:21-CR-58-3
                      ______________________________

   Before Jolly, Jones, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent John David Gonzales 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). Gonzales has filed a response and requested the appointed of
   substitute counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to
   make a fair evaluation of Gonzales’s claims 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 claims without prejudice to
   collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).
   Additionally, Gonzales’s request for the appointment of substitute counsel 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 Gonzales’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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