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Date Created: 2024-03-02 01:00:39.389484+00
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Case: 23-10550            Document: 43-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/01/2024

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

                                                                                    FILED
                                    No. 23-10550                                March 1, 2024
                                  Summary Calendar
                                                                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                  ____________                                      Clerk

United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Jose Carlos Rivas-Chairez,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:22-CR-288-1
                   ______________________________

Before Willett, Duncan, and Ramirez, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Jose Carlos Rivas-Chairez 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). Rivas-Chairez has filed a response. The record is not
sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Rivas-Chairez’s

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                No. 23-10550

claim of ineffective assistance of 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 Rivas-Chairez’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.

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