Court Opinion

ID: 9908767
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-11 19:00:34.560929+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:30.921445
License: Public Domain

Case: 23-20272         Document: 00516996166             Page: 1      Date Filed: 12/11/2023

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

                                       No. 23-20272
                                                                                       FILED
                                                                               December 11, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Fernando Rafael Taylor,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:23-CR-153-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit
   Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Fernando Rafael
   Taylor 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). Taylor has not filed a response. We have reviewed
   counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-20272    Document: 00516996166         Page: 2   Date Filed: 12/11/2023

                                 No. 23-20272

   concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous
   issue for appellate review. Accordingly, counsel’s 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.

                                      2