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Date Created: 2022-09-08 00:00:19.533039+00
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Case: 22-40078      Document: 00516463380         Page: 1     Date Filed: 09/07/2022

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

                                                                              FILED
                                                                      September 7, 2022
                                  No. 22-40078
                                Summary Calendar                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                              Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                              Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                       versus

   Elizandro Payan-Martinez,

                                                           Defendant—Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:19-CR-171-1

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Elizandro Payan-
   Martinez 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). Payan-Martinez has filed a response. The record

          *
            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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
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                                    No. 22-40078

   is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Payan-
   Martinez’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 brief and the relevant portions of the
   record reflected therein, as well as Payan-Martinez’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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