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Date Created: 2020-06-19 00:00:16.808553+00
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Case: 19-40937      Document: 00515457362         Page: 1    Date Filed: 06/18/2020

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                    No. 19-40937                            June 18, 2020
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE ORLANDO CRUZ-VENTURA, also known as Jose Orlando Cruz, also
known as Jose O. Cruz, also known as Jose Cruz,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:19-CR-432-1

Before ELROD, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jose Orlando Cruz-
Ventura 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). Cruz-Ventura has not filed a response. We have

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
    Case: 19-40937    Document: 00515457362     Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/18/2020

                                 No. 19-40937

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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