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Case: 23-50175           Document: 68-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/27/2024

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

                                   No. 23-50175
                                                                                         FILED
                                                                                   March 27, 2024
                                 Summary Calendar
                                 ____________                                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                         Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Jose Miguel Sandoval-Pineda,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                           USDC No. 5:20-CR-601-1
                  ______________________________

Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
      The attorney appointed to represent Jose Miguel Sandoval-Pineda 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). Sandoval-Pineda has filed a response. The record is not
sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Sandoval-

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50175        Document: 68-1       Page: 2   Date Filed: 03/27/2024

                                  No. 23-50175

Pineda’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).
       We have otherwise reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions
of the record reflected therein, as well as Sandoval-Pineda’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. Sandoval-Pineda’s
motion for the appointment of substitute counsel is DENIED as untimely.
See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902–03 (5th Cir. 1998).
       We note that there is a clerical error in the written judgment. It lists
18 U.S.C. § 844(2) as one of the violated statutory provisions for count six
instead of 18 U.S.C. § 2. Accordingly, we REMAND for the limited
purpose of correction of that clerical error in the written judgment in
accordance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.

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