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Date Created: 2023-06-08 18:01:28.362102+00
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Case: 22-40037         Document: 00516778745             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/08/2023

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

                                      ____________                                           FILED
                                                                                          June 8, 2023
                                       No. 22-40037                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                      ____________                                           Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Ivan Cesar Ortega

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 7:18-CR-309-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jones, Clement, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Ivan Cesar Ortega 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).
   Ortega filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant
   portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Ortega’s response. We
   concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                No. 22-40037

   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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