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Date Created: 2023-06-26 18:01:33.416045+00
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Case: 22-20453        Document: 00516799542             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/26/2023

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

                                      No. 22-20453
                                                                                       FILED
                                                                                     June 26, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                          Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Dennis Matute-Carcamo,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:19-CR-494-2
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         The attorney appointed to represent Dennis Matute-Carcamo 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).       Matute-Carcamo has filed a response and a motion
   requesting the appointment of new counsel. The record is not sufficiently

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Matute-Carcamo’s claims
   of 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). His motion for appointment of new 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 Matute-Carcamo’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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