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Date Created: 2023-10-27 18:00:37.190938+00
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Case: 23-10243         Document: 00516947099             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/27/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-10243
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               October 27, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Steve Boyce Thomas,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 1:22-CR-62-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Steve Thomas has moved to
   withdraw and has filed a brief per Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
   and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Thomas has filed a
   response. The record is not sufficiently developed for us to make a fair evalu-
   ation of Thomas’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore
   decline to consider the claim without prejudice to collateral review. See
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10243      Document: 00516947099          Page: 2      Date Filed: 10/27/2023

                                    No. 23-10243

   United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).
          We have reviewed counsel’s brief, relevant portions of the record, and
   Thomas’s response. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal
   presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly, the motion
   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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