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Date Created: 2023-04-20 00:00:27.534079+00
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Case: 22-50494         Document: 00516718183             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/19/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50494
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                  April 19, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Thomas Landa,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 7:21-CR-329-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Thomas Landa 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).
   Landa has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow
   us to make a fair evaluation of Landa’s claim of ineffective assistance of

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claim 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 Landa’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. Landa’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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