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Date Created: 2023-10-06 00:00:29.229303+00
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Case: 23-40169       Document: 00516922385             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/05/2023

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

                                     No. 23-40169                         FILED
                                   Summary Calendar                 October 5, 2023
                                   ____________                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                          Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                           versus

   Joseph Church,

                                             Defendant—Appellant.
                    ______________________________

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:17-CR-25-1
                    ______________________________

   Before Jones, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
           The attorney appointed to represent Joseph Church 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).

          _____________________
          *
              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   should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set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: 23-40169      Document: 00516922385           Page: 2     Date Filed: 10/05/2023

                                     No. 23-40169

          Church’s untimely motion for appointment of substitute counsel is
   DENIED. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).
          Church’s untimely response, which we have construed as a motion for
   leave to file an out-of-time response to the Anders brief, raises issues that are
   beyond the scope of the remand in this case and is DENIED.
          The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair
   evaluation of Church’s unspecified claim of ineffective assistance of counsel;
   we therefore decline to consider it 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. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the
   appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly,
   counsel’s 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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