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Case: 21-10096     Document: 00516457032         Page: 1     Date Filed: 09/01/2022

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

                                                                               FILED
                                                                        September 1, 2022
                                  No. 21-10096                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                Summary Calendar                               Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                             Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                       versus

   Robert Vera,

                                                         Defendant—Appellant.

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 2:20-CR-15-3

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The attorney appointed to represent Robert Vera 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).
   Vera has filed responses. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us

          *
            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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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: 21-10096      Document: 00516457032          Page: 2    Date Filed: 09/01/2022

                                    No. 21-10096

   to make a fair evaluation of Vera’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 reviewed counsel’s briefs and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Vera’s responses. 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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