Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-06 19:00:45.214126+00
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Case: 22-50311         Document: 00516635672             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/06/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50311
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               February 6, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Andrew Mohan Ballantine,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 6:19-CR-112-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Dennis, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Andrew Mohan Ballantine 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). Ballantine has filed a response. To the extent that Ballantine
   raises a claim relating to ineffective assistance of counsel, the record is not

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50311

   sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of that claim; we
   therefore decline to consider that 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 Ballantine’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.
          We note, however, that there is a clerical error in the written
   judgment. Although the written judgment indicates that Ballantine pleaded
   guilty only to Count One of the indictment, the record reflects that Ballantine
   pleaded guilty to Counts One, Two, and Three of the indictment.
   Accordingly, we REMAND for correction of the clerical error in the written
   judgment in accordance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.

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