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Case: 23-10948         Document: 00517066001             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/15/2024

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

                                                                                         FILED
                                       No. 23-10948                              February 15, 2024
                                     Summary Calendar
                                                                                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________                                          Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Christopher Allen Ragsdale,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 1:22-CR-72-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jones, Smith, and Dennis, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Christopher Allen Ragsdale 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). Ragsdale has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently
   developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Ragsdale’s claims of

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   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 Ragsdale’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. Ragsdale’s motion to
   appoint counsel is DENIED. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-
   03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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