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Date Created: 2022-06-17 18:00:29.30112+00
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Case: 20-40726     Document: 00516360981         Page: 1     Date Filed: 06/17/2022

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

                                                                              FILED
                                                                          June 17, 2022
                                  No. 20-40726                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                Summary Calendar                              Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                             Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                       versus

   Jose Solano-Espino,

                                                         Defendant—Appellant.

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 2:20-CR-824-1

   Before Higginbotham, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The attorney appointed to represent Jose Solano-Espino has moved
   for leave to withdraw and has filed briefs in accordance with Anders
   v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229
   (5th Cir. 2011). Solano-Espino has not filed a response, but he moves for the

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
   circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 20-40726     Document: 00516360981          Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/17/2022

                                   No. 20-40726

   appointment of new counsel. We have reviewed counsel’s briefs and the
   relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We 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. Solano-Espino’s
   motion for the appointment of new counsel is DENIED. See United States
   v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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