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Date Created: 2016-11-17 19:01:01.302375+00
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Case: 16-40527      Document: 00513763752         Page: 1    Date Filed: 11/17/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                          United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                   Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 16-40527                                 FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                       November 17, 2016
                                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ADONIS JONATHAN CRUZ-SOTO,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 5:15-CR-1291-1

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Adonis Jonathan
Cruz-Soto 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). Cruz-Soto has filed a response and has moved for the
appointment of new counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow
us to make a fair evaluation of Cruz-Soto’s claim of ineffective assistance of

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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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 Cruz-Soto’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.    Cruz-Soto’s motion for appointment of new counsel is
DENIED.

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